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Show TO MAKE SILK FROM BANANAS i '-- Brazilian Invents Process of Manufno-." Manufno-." tuxa-Whlch Changes Fruit - w V.'. Fiber. Rio Do Janeiro. Interest has been aroused hero over tho announcement ottho invention of a meth6drof mariu-facturlng'sartiflclal mariu-facturlng'sartiflclal silk from tho fiber of tho banina plant Tho Invontlon, which was perfected by Sr. Adalborto Volga, 'oriSistB of a chemical troat-mont troat-mont of tho banana palm In such a manner that tho plant flbor 1b reduced to & sum, from which is spun a flno, elastic, a floss that has all tho qualities of natural Bilk. It is claimed, also, that a oelluloso sultablo for tho mant? facturo of paper,, celluloid and gum it tannin aro bypfiAluots ofrtUe. artlllcjo.1. Ttnu ortSBCSS. -v-.v-. A-. , '.' 1-j |