A Norwegian scientist has succeeded in making a new kind of artificial wood. A mixture of about 50 per cent, sawdust with chalk and is used. The mixture is subjected to high pressure, and a product is thus obtained which possesses all the qualities of genuine timber. The specific gravity of the wood is the same as that of real wood; its hardness is like that of the oak. It can be -planed, sawed, bored, nailed, painted, stained, or polished, and subjected to every process of carpentry or manufacture.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18141, 2 August 1924, Page 5
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