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Cushion Pouches of "Goldbeaters' Skin"
By Larry Claus

[ A. B. Bonds wrote in 060530 MMDigest :

> As for airtight, will hydrogen do?  Gold-beaters' skin was used to
> line the immense silk gasbags (no, not politicians...) that provided
> lift for the Zeppelin airships.  Since each piece was about 8" x 24",
> hundreds of thousands of cows gave their all for each Zeppelin.

So how were these joined together?  Glue?  What kind: hot hide glue?
This may seem trivial, but I am really curious.

Larry Claus

(Message sent Thu 1 Jun 2006, 04:35:05 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

Key Words in Subject: Cushion, Goldbeaters, Pouches, Skin

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