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Excerpt from A Manual of Dental Prosthetics
The author is grateful for the kindly reception of the first edition of this book, the many expressions of apprecia tion, and the reviews accorded it on both sides of the Atlantic. He offers the second edition, containing the results, Of much additional laborious research and study, and trusts it will meet with the approval of the profession.
Attention is called to the experimental studies in plaster of Paris and vulcanite. The investigations in plaster of Paris have been made in order to gain a better knowledge of its physical properties and the principles underlying its use. The physical properties Of expansion and con traction of vulcanite have been carefully studied and the results stated in a terse and practical manner. The cause of the porosity of vulcanite 13 treated upon a new hy pothesis, that is, that it is physical and not chemical. A technique for vulcanization Of rubber, which is simple, logical and scientific, is given.
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