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Definition of Kamptulicon

Kamptulicon
Kamptulicon Kamp*tu"li*con, n. [Gr. ? to bend + ? material, fr. ? wood, matter.] A kind of elastic floor cloth, made of India rubber, gutta-percha, linseed oil, and powdered cork.

Meaning of Kamptulicon from wikipedia

- Kamptulicon, whose name was derived from the Gr**** kamptos ("flexible") + oulos ("thick"), was a floor covering made from powdered cork and natural rubber...
- Walton called his invention "Kampticon", which was deliberately close to Kamptulicon, the name of an existing floor covering, but he soon changed it to Linoleum...
- in 1844 for kamptulicon, which was well regarded in Great Britain, but did not see much use in the United States. Interest in kamptulicon encouraged more...
- manufacturing Kamptulicon; which was wound up in 1851. In the same year his partnership with Ebenezer Gough, to manufacture Kamptulicon, also ended. Walter...
- "Launch". Caledonian Mercury. No. 19412. Edinburgh. 4 November 1844. "The Kamptulicon". The Times. No. 18763. London. 8 November 1844. col D, p. 5. "Chester"...