previous next

In′dia-rub′ber, Ar-ti-fi′cial.

A compound of chloride of sulphur, oil, and collodion. In its plastic state, it is easily molded, and hard and durable when well set. It can be made of any color, and is susceptible of a high polish. An English compound consists of linseed-oil oxydized on glass plates by repeatedly dipping the plates in the oil, and allowing it to dry each time. The film thus obtained is removed from the glass, crushed, and worked by the [1180] mixing rolls, a small quantity of gum-shellac being added to give it the proper cohesion. The substance thus obtained is very much like rubber, and can also be vulcanized.

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

An XML version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system.

hide Places (automatically extracted)

View a map of the most frequently mentioned places in this document.

Download Pleiades ancient places geospacial dataset for this text.

hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: