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Title: Caoutchouc and Gutta Percha
Description: London, Printed for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , 1852. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce volume looking at the natural materials of caoutchouc and gutta percha. Illustrated. The first edition of this scarce work, published in 1852. A fascinating little volume on the history of caoutchouc and gutta percha. The former is a natural rubber consisting of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds; the latter is a tree as well as the rigid, naturally biologically inert, resilient, electrically nonconductive, thermoplastic latex derived from the tree. This book looks at the history, properties, the manufacturing, and the applications of both materials. Illustrated with a frontispiece and two full plates, as well as various illustrations in text. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only and a minor fading to the gilt to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. With a faint very minor spotting to the title page, otherwise the pages are bright and clean. Illustrated with a frontispiece and two full plates, as well as various in text illustrations. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .

Keywords: gutta percha natural first editions scarce natural caoutchouc Not Stated


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