Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1894 — A New Matarial. [ARTICLE]

A New Matarial.

Wood-stone, or xylolith, is a manufactured material that is believed to have very many uses. It is made of calcined magnesite and fine sawdust, and treated with chemicals. When first mixed, and before the paste has had time to set, it is made into sheet* and put under a pressure of one thousand pounds to the square inch. It is saturated with linseed oil and dried, thus making it more impervious to moisture. It is used as a building material, and bears a pressure of three hundred pounds to the square inch, It is made in sheets from one-quarter of an inch to an inch and a half in thickness. As a flooring material it is very highlv spoken of.