Show DISCOVERY Of er A ANEW ANE NEW NE CHEMICAL ANCE I IT IS VALUABLE FOR ELECTRICAL ELECTRICAL ELECTRICAL CAL INSULATION Dr Baekeland May hlay M y Be SOl Ser Serious ious Rival of Japanese Laquer Work Now New York Fob C Dr II H L 1 land announced last night at a n meet meetIng log Ing In of the tho American Chemical socie society ty that he had discovered a n new chem chern chemical Ical leal substance which ho says Is alu valuable able for or electrical Insulation whore a n high voltage is used It Is a I coal conI tar product with the Iho combined properties of or amber celluloid c and car carbon carbon bon 1011 and Is less leBs expensive than tho the substance named or hard rubber For Forthe Forthe the tho sake of or euphony Dr Baekeland calls the ho substance from rout a i scientific standpoint It would he h known as Ia o Interestingly ly coIncidental IB Is h tho the fact that the tho new now substance may mar havo have an Important bearing on tho tIm sale or Japanese lacquer ware In this country In that It produces n a 1 hard haret polished surface and can be ho forced Into ordinarily a nil soft wood making malting It hard and anI almost Indestructible As a further r I coincidence c J Dr Ta president of tho the Nippon club who 11 is greatly Interested in chemical rc reo search was present when the I cry Ci 01 was announced Ho lie rose 1026 and ar nr aTten I ten tor complimenting the Uio said Although this Ibis unbalance substance may ma provo prove to bo be the most serious rival of Jap Japanese Japanese Japanese anese lacquer work which hitherto has beon been exclusively I a Japanese pro product product duct so that It has been known as at aslie the lie Japanned ware all over the world still Japan will take tako oft off Its ita hat hal to lo Dr Baekeland and welcome as a anew now new discovery of or vast ast Importance I say sar this because the Japanese be believe bellevo lieve In tho ho spirit of fair play Un for fortunately wo 0 have hae not always been treated with anith that hat spirit In this country aa as tho the recent legislation In California and Nevada Neada seems to Ie show I 1 do not think that thai Is fair pIa play |