Process for preserving materials

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A PROCESS FOR TREATING FIBROUS MATERIALS COMPRISING: THOROUGHLY MIXING BETWEEN ABOUT 15 TO 30 PARTS BY VOLUME OF GELATIN WITH BETWEEN 0.15 TO 0.30 PART BY VOLUME OF FINELY GROUND INDIA RUBBER; INTRODUCING THE MIXTURE INTO BETWEEN ABOUT 20,000 TO 3/,000 PARTS BY VOLUME OF WATER HEATED TO BETWEEN ABOUT 30* TO 38*C.; CAREFULLY STIRRING THE MIXTURE IN THE WATER; CONTINUING TO HEAT THE MIXTURE AND WATER AT A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN ABOUT 30* TO 38*C. UNTIL A FIRST SOLUTION IS OBTAINED; INTRODUCING INTO THE FIRST SOLUTION BETWEEN ABOUT 10.1 TO 22.3 PARTS BY VOLUME OF GLYCERINE; FOLLOWING THE INTRODUCTION OF GLYCERINE AND AFTER A DELAY OF BETWEEN ABOUT 15 TO 30 MINUTES INTRODUCING INTO THE FIRST SOLUTION A SECOND SOLUTION CONTAINING BETWEEN ABOUT 0.1 TO 0.2 PART BY VOLUME OF BENZOIC ACID; IMMERSING SAID FIBROUS MATERIAL INTO SAID FIRST SOLUTION UNTIL SATURATION OF THE MATERIAL IS ACHIEVED; THEN REMOVING SAID FIBROUS MATERIAL FROM SAID FIRST SOLUTION AND PLACING IN A POSITION TO DRIP DRY; PRIOR TO COMPLETE DRYING OF SAID FIBROUS MATERIAL APPLYING TO SAID FIBROUS MATERIAL A FIXATIVE SOLUTION CONTAINING BETWEEN ABOUT 50 TO 80 PARTS BY VOLUME OF WATER AND 20 TO 50 PARTS BY VOLUME OF FORMALDEHYDE, AND THEN APPLYING A TALC TO SAID FIBROUS MATERIAL AND LIGHTLY RUBBING AWAY EXCESS TALC.