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IT has occurred to many people, that perhaps celluloid might be useful as an insulator for electric cables. I feared it might deteriorate. I have made an experiment of 4½ years duration which may be of use in connection with the subject. On August 15, 1891, I took four photographic quarter-plate celluloid plates, with the gelatine removed, and treated them as follows:—
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FORBES, G. Buried Celluloid. Nature 53, 579 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/053579c0
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