Artificial Rubber.
An inventor named Carr, in Middlesex, claims to be ' able to ma>'.ce artificial rubber from such cereals as wheat, corn, etc., to be used for bicycle- and . automobile tires, .and also golf balls. This rubber is obtained by treating the cereals with phyalin, and the inventor proposes to make six grade's of rubber, from a liquid solution suitable for water-proofing, to a hardness available for golf * balls. . Intermediate grades are to be used for tires, tubes, linoleum -and slabs" for pavements.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 4, 24 January 1907, Page 35
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83Artificial Rubber. New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 4, 24 January 1907, Page 35
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