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New Plastic Material

A beautiful plastic substance can be prepared by mixing collodion with phosphate of lime.

The phosphate should be pure, or the color of the compound will be unsatisfactory.

On setting, the mass is found to be hard and susceptible of a very fine polish. The material can be used extensively, applied in modes that will suggest themselves to any intelligent artist, to high class decoration.

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