Neptune's Gift A History of Common Salt |
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| Author:
| Multhauf, Robert P. |
| Series title: | Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8018-5469-9 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1996 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $23.95USD $23.95 |
Book Description:
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Common salt--a substance seemingly too ordinary to think about, yet it is the oldest of our raw materials and the basis of some of our newest inventions. Mythology and folklore abound in stories and proverbs about salt. It has been a source of revenue to governments from ancient China to ancien regime France to the United States. The search for ......
Common salt--a substance seemingly too ordinary to think about, yet it is the oldest of our raw materials and the basis of some of our newest inventions. Mythology and folklore abound in stories and proverbs about salt. It has been a source of revenue to governments from ancient China to ancien regime France to the United States. The search for ......