Galalith Milk stone Erinoid Commentary

Auguste Trillat materials science

Galalith

• Auguste Trillat discovered
• precipitating casein with formaldehyde
• produced an odorless, insoluble, biodegradable,
• antiallergenic, and nonflammable plastic.

Milk stone

• With Galalith, Coco Chanel created
• costume jewellery for her little black dress.
• Combs, buttons, and knitting needles
• Pens, piano keys, and umbrella handles.
• Galalith could be produced in any color
• and patterned to look like amber or marble.
• It was cheap and safe to make,
• but could not be heat-molded after it set.

Erinoid

• The ALL-BRITISH Material
• for
• All kinds of ELECTRICAL
• FITTINGS and ACCESSORIES.
• DO YOU
• Manufacture or handle in any way
• FITTINGS and ACCESSORIES for
• Wireless Installations, Telephones,
• Aeroplanes, Motor Cars,
• or
• Magneto Terminals, Collector Rings,
• Levers, Switch Handles,
• Button and Pear Pushes, Plugs, Pegs, &c.?
• If so, you will find
• ERINOID
• the ideal material for all these articles, both on grounds of
• economy and artistic appearance, and also because it is non-
• inflammable and non-conductive. Made in rods, sheets or
• tubes, it is unrivalled as a substitute for Amber, Buffalo Horn,
• Coral, Ivory, Tortoiseshell, Turquoise, Ebonite, &c.,
• DON’T YOU
• believe disgruntled German competitors if they tell you they can
• even equal Erinoid for quality, selection or delivery, as you will
• be quickly convinced to the contrary if you will drop a line to
• ERINOID, LTD.,
• (Dept. E) Lightpill Mills,
• STROUD, GLOS.