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Founded as the Chemical Rubber Company, CRC originally
manufactured and distributed laboratory supplies for
chemists. It first distributed its Handbook of Chemistry and
Physics free as a bonus incentive to customers who purchased a
rubber apron, one of the company?s signature items. In 1913, the
first edition of the ?Rubber Handbook? had 116 pages. The
electron had been known for only 17 years and the Bohr theory of
the hydrogen atom was still in press. Eighty-four editions
later, the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics remains the
definitive reference for chemists, physicists, and engineers
throughout the world. Ninety years later, CRC Press is a
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