vul?can?ite Pronunciation: (vul'ku-nît"), [key] ?n. a hard, readily cut and polished rubber, obtained by vulcanizing rubber with a large amount of sulfur, used in the manufacture of combs, buttons, and for electric insulation. Also called ebonite. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. Wasn't it Charles Goodyear that discovered the process? (Science class many years ago) -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: David Dodge <dannysoar@xxxxxxx> > About twenty minutes after I hit "send", the lazy neurons in the bottom > of my mind went "Vulcanite! And don't pester us with any more silly > requests" Any way I called it "plastic" and no doubt the PTB of Leica > Owners Society will rip off my epalettes (sp?) and break my sword over > their knees. So what is Vulcanite and why did mine all fall off in > chunks? > David aka dannysoar [thinking of Spock] > > jon.stanton@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > >Vulcanite.......Just think of Spock > > > > > > > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list