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Plastics for the Practical Man

Polyurethanes

By Bernard A. Dombrow. (Reinhold Plastics Applications Series.) Pp. ix + 176. (New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1957.) 4.50 dollars.

Polyamide Resins

By Don E. Floyd. (Reinhold Plastics Applications Series.) Pp. viii + 230. (New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1958.) 4.50 dollars.

Plastic Sheet Forming

By Robert L. Butzko. (Reinhold Plastics Applications Series.) Pp. ix + 181. (New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1958.) 4.50 dollars.

Cellulosics

By Walter D. Paist. (Reinhold Plastics Applications Series.) Pp. xi + 270. (New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1958.) 5.75 dollars.

Fluorocarbons

By Merritt Allen Rudner. (Reinhold Plastics Applications Series.) Pp. x + 238. (New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1958.) 5.75 dollars.

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PINNER, S. Plastics for the Practical Man. Nature 183, 851 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183851a0

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