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Acknowledgements - Introduction - Contents - Part One- Natural
Rubber - 1. THE STORY OF NATURAL RUBBER - The early history - The
beginnings of the rubber industry - Goodyear and vulcanization -
Plantation rubber - 2. THE NATURE OF NATURAL RUBBER - The physical
properties of natural rubber- Tensile properties - Dynamic
properties - Hardness - Abrasion - Electrical properties - The
chemistry of natural rubber - Atoms and molecules - The formula of
natural rubber - The elasticity of natural rubber - Part
Two-Synthetic Rubber - 3. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION TO SYNTHETIC
RUBBER - The beginnings of synthetic rubber production - Synthetic
rubber in the First World War - Progress between the wars - The
American contribution - Developments after the Second World War -
4. THE MANUFACTURE OF GENERAL PURPOSE SYNTHETIC RUBBER - Butadiene:
Petroleum - Butadiene and cracking - Styrene Production of the
polymer: Emulsion polymerization - The polymerization formula - The
synthetic rubber plant - 5. THE PROCESSING OF GENERAL PURPOSE
SYNTHETIC RUBBER - Processing machinery: The bale-cutting machine -
The mill - The internal mixer - The calendar - The spreading
machine - The extruder Compounding: Plasticizers and softeners -
Tack - Extenders - Reclaimed rubber - Fillers - Colouring materials
- The ageing of rubber - Antioxidants - Vulcanization Accelerators
- Vulcanization activators - Summary of compounding 6. SPECIAL
PURPOSE RUBBERS - Nitrile rubber - Butyl rubber - Neoprene -
Thiokol - Silicone rubbers - Polyurethanes - Hard rubber - 7. THE
MANUFACTURE OF RUBBER ARTICLES - Mechanicals: Soles and heels -
Bathing caps - Hot water bottles - Extruded articles - Wires and
cables - Hose: Plain hose - Wrapped hose - Moulded hose - Armouring
- Belting: Conveyor belts - Transmission belting - Rubber balls:
Gold balls - Tyres: The cover - The bead - The casing - The tread
and sidewalls - Cover building - Vulcanizing the cover - Inner
tubes - Goods from latex: Compounding latex - Dipped goods - Latex
thread - Latex foam - Part Three-The Future of Rubber - 8. MODERN
DEVELOPMENTS - Polymerization: Condensation polymerization -
Addition polymerization - Initiators - The arrangement of atoms in
a chain - Synthetic natural rubber - cis Polybutadiene - Radiation
and rubber: Polymerization - Cross-linking - Looking ahead -
Bibliography - Glossary - Index - Plates - The object of this book
is to explain what these various rubbers are, how they behave, and
why they behave as they do. As synthetic rubbers are now being made
in this country and will play an important part in the future of
the rubber industry, most of this book is devoted to them. How they
are made and how they compare with natural rubber is discussed in
the appropriate place.- To enable a reasonable comparison to be
made between natural rubber and the various synthetic rubbers the
subject has been treated from a scientific standpoint, and to keep
the size of the book between reasonable limits much technological
information has been omitted. Because of the comparison between
natural and synthetic rubbers the first section of this book is
devoted to natural rubber. In this section the fundamentals of
rubber science are introduced, to be developed later in connection
with the synthetic rubbers. This book is intended as an
introduction to a complex subject, and as a surveyor report for
non-technical readers who wish to know something about rubber. The
reader who requires further information on a particular point or
topic should consult the bibliography at the end of the book.-
Washington Duke is very young when he first realizes there is
racial discrimination in the South. Living outside of Hillsboro,
North Carolina, in the mid-1820s, he is one of ten children in a
family that shares the wilderness with bears, rattlesnakes, and
mountain lions. Washington learns about the world around him from
his scholarly father, nurtures a compassion for others, and
eventually grows into a man deeply troubled by the institution of
slavery. Unaware of what awaits him, Washington is conscripted into
the Confederate Army and reluctantly leaves his three-hundred-acre
farm in 1864 to fight in the war. When the Civil War is over,
Washington is left widowed, with nothing but his farm, two blind
mules, a wagon load of tobacco, and his four children. Determined
to rise from the rubble, Washington soon begins building the
foundation for the Duke financial empire-although not without
challenges. As Washington ages, his sons eventually capture his
dream to establish Duke University. Even with the family's
successes, though, there is tragedy and heartache; Washington's
granddaughter, Doris, dies under suspicious circumstances in 1993
and her estate becomes embroiled in a legal battle. Based on a true
story, this compelling and inspirational tale examines the life of
a gentle giant and his descendants who together built a
multibillion-dollar empire, numerous charitable foundations, and a
renowned academic institution, proving that anyone can overcome
adversity to achieve greatness.
Monsters, Law, Crime, an edited collection composed of essays
written by prominent U.S. and international experts in Law,
Criminology, Sociology, Anthropology, Communication and Film,
constitutes a rigorous attempt to explore fertile interdisciplinary
inquiries into "monsters" and "monster-talk," and law and crime.
"Monsters" may refer to allegorical or symbolic fantastic beings
(as in literature, film, legends, myths, etc.), or actual or real
life monsters, as well as the interplay/ambiguity between the two
general types of "monsters." This edited collection thus explores
and updates contemporary discussions of the emergent and evolving
fronts of monster theory in relation to cutting-edge research on
law and crime, and may be seen as extensions of a Gothic
Criminology, generally construed. Gothic Criminology refers to a
theoretical framework initially developed by Caroline Joan "Kay" S.
Picart, a Philosophy and Film professor turned Attorney and Law
professor, and Cecil Greek, a Sociologist (Picart and Greek 2008).
Succinctly paraphrased, noting the proliferation of Gothic modes of
narration and visualization in American popular culture, academia
and even public policy, Picart and Greek proposed a framework,
which they described as a "Gothic Criminology" to attempt to
analyze the fertile lacunae connecting the "real" and the "reel" in
the flow of Gothic metaphors and narratives that abound around
criminological phenomena that populate not only popular culture but
also academic and public policy discourses.
Washington Duke is very young when he first realizes there is
racial discrimination in the South. Living outside of Hillsboro,
North Carolina, in the mid-1820s, he is one of ten children in a
family that shares the wilderness with bears, rattlesnakes, and
mountain lions. Washington learns about the world around him from
his scholarly father, nurtures a compassion for others, and
eventually grows into a man deeply troubled by the institution of
slavery. Unaware of what awaits him, Washington is conscripted into
the Confederate Army and reluctantly leaves his three-hundred-acre
farm in 1864 to fight in the war. When the Civil War is over,
Washington is left widowed, with nothing but his farm, two blind
mules, a wagon load of tobacco, and his four children. Determined
to rise from the rubble, Washington soon begins building the
foundation for the Duke financial empire-although not without
challenges. As Washington ages, his sons eventually capture his
dream to establish Duke University. Even with the family's
successes, though, there is tragedy and heartache; Washington's
granddaughter, Doris, dies under suspicious circumstances in 1993
and her estate becomes embroiled in a legal battle. Based on a true
story, this compelling and inspirational tale examines the life of
a gentle giant and his descendants who together built a
multibillion-dollar empire, numerous charitable foundations, and a
renowned academic institution, proving that anyone can overcome
adversity to achieve greatness.
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