Gutta percha pipes have been tried in Quebec by the Water Company with signal success. They bore a pressure of 105 lbs., to the square inch, and could apparently have sus. taincil doubltt that ...

Although rubber worked as an insulator for brief periods and short distances, it deteriorated with longer exposure to water. But scientist Michael Faraday discovered that gutta-percha did not ...

Unlike rubber, it didn’t crumble in salt water and stayed firm on setting. This new wonder material was called Gutta Percha, after the tree that it came from, and it would blow Victorian minds.