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Gentleman's Magazine 1864 part 1 p.643

DEVICES ON BELLS.

SIR, - in the number of the GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE for March last (p.351) I see a notice of an ingenious method employed by Dr. Bruce for taking gutta percha impressions of sculptured stones. I have found the same substance very convenient for taking devices on bells. I heat a small quantity of water in a tin saucer over a spirit lamp; in the boiling water, pieces of the required sizes can be readily softened. In applying them to the bell, care must be taken to keep the fingers well wetted so as to prevent their sticking. The moulds thus produced are very durable, any number of plaster casts may be made from them without injuring them.
My whole apparatus can be carried in the pocket. It is simply a sort of small tin lantern, which contains the lamp and supports the saucera
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a There are some valuable observations on the use of gutta percha in the Archaeological Journal, vol.v. p.332.
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I am &c. J. T. FOWLER.
The College, Hurstppierpoint.
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