ROMANCE OF A LOST SECRET.
Invention Re discovered After 700 Years. London, June 12. A discovery which promises to revolutionise the building aud decorating trades and to be of vast importance to the shipping industry has been made by Inspector Simpson, of the Blackburn Fire Brigade. It is a liquid the principle of which (after extending over many months) has been pronounced by leading engineers to be an old Roman secret which has been lost to the world for 700 years. When painted with this liquid the dampest room becomes absolutely dry, and freshly plastered walls in new houses, after treatment by it, may at once be prepared without damage to the paper. No ironwork painted with it can rust, and it completely prevents that ” weeping ” of the inner skins of iron ships which causes so much damage to the cargo. When applied to the bottom plates of ships it not only presents oxidation, but allows no marine growths, barnacles, or other parasites to attach themselves. It consequently preserves a glass-like surface, which the discoverer confidently asserts will add several knots to the speed of Atlantic liners aud warships.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 418, 1 August 1908, Page 4
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189ROMANCE OF A LOST SECRET. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 418, 1 August 1908, Page 4
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