SEAWEED FOR RUBBER.
.•••;-.- A substitute f6r Hard rubber, gutta peroha, and leather, has just been. put on the English maj-ket under the name of sea gumite. It is prepared from Heaweed. The properties of the new discovery are said to be that it is noninflammable, prcjof against heat- cdld, oil, and weather;' its insulation resistance increases with- immersion m water ; it is unaffected by dilute sulphuric acid, which makes it- especially valuable for use m storage battery jars and separators. It is well adapted for motor gears, switchboard panels, switch-handles, steam and gas packings, and to replace leather m beltings,^
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12814, 13 July 1912, Page 2 (Supplement)
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100SEAWEED FOR RUBBER. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12814, 13 July 1912, Page 2 (Supplement)
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