| Edition |
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
| Description |
xii, 288 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : the pervasive menace -- A high-maintenance lady -- Spoiled iron -- Knives that won't cut -- Coating the can -- Indiana Jane -- The ambassador -- Where the streets are paved with zinc -- Ten thousand mustachioed men -- Pigging the pipe -- Between snake oil and Rolexes -- The future -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
An environmental journalist traces the historical war against rust, revealing how rust-related damage costs more than all other natural disasters combined and how it is combated by industrial workers, the government, universities, and everyday people. |
| Subject |
Corrosion and anti-corrosives -- History.
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Corrosion and anti-corrosives -- Anecdotes.
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| ISBN |
9781451691597 (hardcover) |
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1451691599 (hardcover) |
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9781451691603 (trade pbk.) |
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1451691602 (trade pbk.) |
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9781451691610 (ebook) |
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