ARTIFICIAL SPONGES MADE OF PAPER PULP.
Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette , 14 Haratua 1913, Page 7
ARTIFICIAL SPONGES MADE OF PAPER PULP.
Paper sponges, which are claimed to possess all the liquid-absorbing capacity of the natural, product, are now .being made. The paper pulp is first treated with chloride of zinc until it forms a nearly fluid mass, to which common salt is iadded. This mass then undergoes a compressing and drying proee&s in a special machine, which by means of rollers and plates, provided with a number of metal projections, produces in the mass the canals and cavities of the real sponge.