Gutta percha, its discovery, history, and manifold uses.

Date:
1851
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Credit: Gutta percha, its discovery, history, and manifold uses. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    there stands a vessel that would be a drinking horn if it were not of G^utta Percha. Into the ntjeseet itself this material has found its way. That doll which so resolutely preserves its form and beauty, however tossed about by its little proprietress, or roughly handled by the baby brothers, is of Gutta Percha, coloured for the purpose. There, too, lies a Gutta Percha ball, as light and elastic as childish heart could wish. Indeed the desideratum of indestructible playthings bids fair to be attained ! In the PAELOUE, the cord of the window blinds and the rings of the curtains are of Gntta Percha. The former is cleanly, lasting, neatly joined, and does not stretch mth use; the latter glide noiselessly along the pole, a merit which the nervous, the aged, and the weak will estimate. The card-tray on the centre table, Pig. 30, Card Tray, Pruit Pattern. Fig. 31, Eound Card Tray. the inkstand on the chelFonier, the watch-stand on the mantel¬ piece, and the flower-stand in the window, are all modelled of the same material.
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