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Title Rust : the longest war / Jonathan Waldman.
Author Waldman, Jonathan.
Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015.
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 Chickasaw  620.112 WAL    Check Shelves
 North Orange  620.112 WAL    Check Shelves
Edition First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description xii, 288 pages ; 24 cm
text rdacontent.
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volume rdacarrier.
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.
Corrosion and anti-corrosives -- Anecdotes.
ISBN 1451691599 (hardcover) : $26.95
9781451691597 (hardcover)