WOLFE'S .SCHNAPPS is a stimulant that will brace you up li it si,and by you Mineral wool as a building material has some advantages. It is essentially a vitreous substance converted to a fibrous condition. It appears to consisi of vrv fine fibres inierhiciit;? each ot li'"r in everv direct ion. thus forming an innumerable number of minute air cello, and it is made by converting blast furnace and certain roek.s while in a melted condition to a fibrou? state, the material increasing in bulk 12 so that lb" resulting fibres rncisr--12 times the quantity of air that, the mate rial did before conversion. Its chief nsfs are as an insulator, for which it is ndmir ablv adapted, being one of the best nonconductors of heat. The material is equally valuable for frost-proofing. For fir's reason it is a splendid material to use in fillino- {,Ik.. out<side w.alls of frame buildings, the cost being moderate, and a house so protectee! can b'i warmed at. very much less expense than would otherwise be (he case.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16288, 22 January 1915, Page 3
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