ARTIFICIAL RUBBER.
MANUFACTURED AT MANCHESTER.
London, June 18.
Professor Perkin, of Manchester University, has anounced- the discovery of synthetic rubber on a commercial scale, manfacturable at 2/6 per lb, which may be reduced to 1/-. Fusel oil is produced from starch in maize and then converted into isoprene, whence rubber is extracted by contact sodium.
THE PROFESSOR’S GOOD LUCK
(Received 19, 9.15 a.m.) London, June 18.
After long competition Dr. Perkin, discoverer of artificial rubber, forestalled the Germans in taking out his patents, by three months.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 157, 19 June 1912, Page 5
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