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Antonius Mathijsen (November 4, 1805 – June 15, 1878) was a Dutch army surgeon who first used plaster of Paris to fixate broken bones in a plaster cast. Biography
One of the ancient clay tablets shows Cuneiform script which Hobby Lobby bought. The Hobby Lobby smuggling scandal started in 2009 when representatives of the Hobby Lobby chain of craft stores received a large number of clay bullae and tablets originating in the ancient Near East. The artifacts were intended for the Museum of the Bible, funded ...
Chalkware is an American term for popular figurines either made of moulded plaster of Paris (usually) or sculpted gypsum, and painted, typically with oils or watercolors.
Hobby Lobby's battle against Obamacare “This decor is WRONG on SO many levels. There is nothing decorative about raw cotton…A commodity which was gained at the expense of African-American ...
Gypsum plaster, [12] also known as plaster of Paris, [13] is a white powder consisting of calcium sulfate hemihydrate. The natural form of the compound is the mineral bassanite . [ 14 ] [ 15 ]
Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., formerly Hobby Lobby Creative Centers, is an American retail company. It owns a chain of arts and crafts stores with a volume of over $5 billion in 2018. [ 1 ] The chain has 1,001 stores in 48 U.S. states.
The commercial product was Lutetian limestone for use as a building material, as well as gypsum for use in "plaster of Paris". Exploring the mines is prohibited by the prefecture and penalised with large fines. [citation needed] Despite restrictions, Paris's former mines are frequently toured by urban explorers known popularly as cataphiles.
It is chiefly made of plaster of Paris (powdered gypsum), with a little cement, glycerin, and dextrin, mixed with water until it is about as thick as molasses. When staff is cast in molds, it can form any shape. To strengthen it, coarse cloth or bagging, or fibers of hemp or jute, are put into the molds before casting. It becomes hard enough in ...