Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1893 — Wood Concrete. [ARTICLE]

Wood Concrete.

A new wood concrete, according to the Bautechnische Zeltschrift, has been invented in Germany. Shavings and planing-mill chips, either of common or fancy goods, which may be stained before use if desired, are mixed with cheese, or, rather, casein, calcined magnesium, limestone, glycerine, silicate of soda, and a little linseed oil, and this queer mess is forced by hydraulic pressure into molds, where it is allowed to harden. When dry the composition is strong and solid, and can sawn, planed, polished and varnished. It is expected that it will be found useful as an “ornament” in the shape of panels, or as a covering for entire wall surfaces.