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Plaster of Paris
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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A variety of calcined gypsum (calcium sulphate) which forms a hard cement when treated with water (see Cement). The substance obtained its name in consequence of being largely manufactured in the neighbourhood of Paris.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Plaster of Paris'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​p/plaster-of-paris.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Plaster of Paris'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​p/plaster-of-paris.html. 1910.