CALLED AFTER GOD OF FIRE.
Practically all rubber intended for commercial uses is treated at a high temperature with sulphur, with the result that it becomes enormously hardened. When, however, the proportion of sulphur used is very high, the production is vulcanite —a rubbery compound of such extreme hardness as to resemble ebony. Vulcanite, indeed, looks very much like ebony, and is often called ebonite. In this form it is frequently used as a substitute for horn, ivory, or bone, in such articles as combs, knife handles, pipe stems, buttons, and • the like.' The word is derived from Vulcan, the God of Fife, of the ancient Romans.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 192, 15 August 1925, Page 10
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107CALLED AFTER GOD OF FIRE. Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 192, 15 August 1925, Page 10
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