Crusading for chemistry : the professional career of Charles Holmes Herty /
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| Author / Creator: | Reed, Germaine M., 1929- |
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| Imprint: | Durham, N.C. : Forest History Society ; Athens : University of Georgia Press, c1995. |
| Description: | xiii, 474 p., [6] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1709671 |
| Summary: | A study of Herty (1867-1938), an internationally known chemist who contributed greatly to the industrial development of the South. He is especially recognized for establishing that cheap, fast-growing southern pine could replace Canadian spruce in the manufacture of newsprint and white paper. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 474 p., [6] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 447-455) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0820316717 |
