“GOLDBEATERS’ SKIN.”
More than 1,500,000 cattle will contribute to the making of each of the two 6,500,000 cubic feet airships which will' be built for the United States Navy, according to Dr Karl Arnstein. The part the c- ’ttle take in the construction of the most modern form of transportation through furnishing “goldbeaters’ skin” for the airships forms a new chapter in the romance of industry. “Goldbeaters’ skin” is nothing more or less than a , small, tough, section in the intestine J of a steer. It got this name from the ! Middle Ages, when goldsmiths dis- j covered that by putting gold between 1 two strips of this skin they could j hammer it for days, making the finest j gold leaf without tearing the skin, j Its great strength, along with its ' (Continued in Next Column.)
j lightness of texture, and the further ! fact that it permitted less diffusion iof gas than any other known sub- | stance, recommended it for balloon j work. This was tried in England be--1 fore and during the war, and proved successful.
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Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 293, 20 June 1929, Page 7
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