A synthetic made of coal and salt is now being used for articles of apparel. Curiously enough it is as transparent as glass and has some of the stretching qualities of rubber. Thus in tinted colors, braces, belts, garters, etc., are now being fashioned from the synthetic.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 August 1940, Page 8
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47A synthetic made of coal and salt is now being used for articles of apparel. Curiously enough it is as transparent as glass and has some of the stretching qualities of rubber. Thus in tinted colors, braces, belts, garters, etc., are now being fashioned from the synthetic. Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 August 1940, Page 8
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