Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-06-12
THINGS MADE FROM MILK.
Factories In Austria For Turning Out
Useful Objects From Galalith.


Useful Objects From Galalith.
The writer received something of
shock the other day, when, after max
ing what he considered a very fine
break in a local billiard match, he was
informed by an interested onlooker
that what he had been playing with
was not a billiard ball but quart OF
SKINNED milk. There was no disput-
ing the fact either, for the intelligent
gentleman was able to prove his asser-
ton on the highest scientific author
ity, says London Tit-Bits. He had,
moreover, given the subject careful
study, and was prepared to state the
process through which a quart (or 1t
might have been a gallon) of milk from
which the cream had been distracted
passed before settling down in the use
full capacity of billiard ball.
"Milkstone, or galalith, or petrified
milk" he said 'is milk subjected to
chemical process, by means Of which
the casein is precipitated as yellow
ish brown powder. This powder Is
mixed with formalin, and thereby a
horn like product is formed called milk
stone. With various admixtures this
substance forms a substitute for hun
dred useful materials, such as ivory,
celluloid, marble, hard rubber, and even
amber. There Is no limit to the num-
Der of useful articles which can be
made from galalith, and they include
almost everything from cigarette hold
ers to mantlepieces. When you next
play a Chopin nocturne on your much
priced piano do not imagine that your
fingers are wandering over what once
formed part Of an elephants tusk for
ten to one the keys have been manu-
factured from a few gallons OF that
class Of milk which Is usually retailed
at a penny a quart. AS a matter of
fact, piano keys are now seldom made
of real ivory except in the case of the
more expensive instruments. This Is
rather remarkable when one remem-
bers that from a single elephants tusk
no fewer than ninety-six sets OF keys
have been cut. However, galalith Is
now the best substitute for ivory that
we have, for 1t is smooth to the touch
retains an excellent color, and, unlike
celluloid, is proof against fire.
Perhaps you are unaware that
every year in Vienna there is held a
ii. hot f- ln1 M
cry Day. and which has its usefulness
in demonstrating the very latest
achievements in dairy products. A
couple of years ago on Creamery Day
Macmillan Ripper. assistant at the
chemical agricultural experiment sta
ton, delivered a lecture on SKINNED
milk which was attended by scientists
from all parts of the country.
Mr. Ripper stated that skinned
milk Is now used for a thousand diff
ferent purposes-for the manufacture
of sugar of milk as food for many an
imals besides pigs, and for very de-
licious beverage POLITICALLY called milk
champagne which is skinned milk
mixed with fruit juices and impreg-
mated with carbonic acid A rather
large percentage of SKINNED milk is
also separated into it's component
parts, which are then worked up. The
'casein' serves for the manufacture OF
cheese, also for glue, putty and other
substances. But all these different
uses of skinned milk did not solve
the question favorably until the inven-
ton Of galalith. which is just the ma
terial scientists have been waiting for
during the last quarter of a century.
The insolubility Of galalith, its easy
working. elasticity, and proof against
fire make it a very desirable product.
I'm Austria something like 100000
quarts of SKINNED milk are used daily
for the purpose of making galalith, and
the industry is largely on the increase.
Factories have been erected for turn
ing galalith into all sorts of useful OBJ
iects, and its great strength even al
lows it to be used in place of stone and
marble. You could build a house of
milk if you liked. and it would be as
strong and lasting as though made of
Aberdeen granite. Moreover, all tn
fittings could be made of the same
substance and they would outlive the
finest ordinary material that was ever
constructed"
~ Genius Is not rare, but plain COM
mon sense Is.
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