REVOLUTION IN RUBBER.
A CHEMIST'S DISCOVERY. By Telezraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. June 19, 0.20 a.m.); ■•.-. London, June 18. Professor W. H. Perkin, of Manchester, has announced the discovery of a synthetic rubber which can be manufactured on a commercial scale at a cost of half-a-crown a pound, which may bo reduced to a. shilling. Fuoeloil is produced from the starch in maize, and then converted into isoprene, from which the rubber is extracted by contact with sodium.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1470, 19 June 1912, Page 5
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76REVOLUTION IN RUBBER. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1470, 19 June 1912, Page 5
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