Aeroplane noise is not due to the engine, which has been as effectively silenced as that on any car. Most of it comes from the tip of the propeller, vibrating bracing wires, and the rush of air past the wings. Botanists do a lot to provide boots and shoes. Materials for tanning, rubber for soles, wood for boot-trees, etc., hemp and flax for sewing, and inany of the ingredients in polishes are all vegetable products.
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 104, 27 January 1931, Page 10
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