We conclude our series of rubber-related blog posts with this picture (see below). (No, it’s not part of a weapon 🙂 ) Ever seen one of these before? This is, of course, a Latexometer. This instrument (shown above) is made to measure the specific gravity of raw latex; this one in our collection is calibrated […]
For those of you who don’t know what this is, it’s a carbuoy. Carbuoys are rigid containers, with a capacity ranging from 20 to 60 litres, used to transport liquid. This one in the picture was used to contain formic acid.
Kinta Rubber Works Sdn Bhd was established in the 1940s in Ipoh, Perak where it supplied conservancy buckets for the sanitary board. (read more here) Anyone recognise the building?
Letterheads usually have the company name and address; maybe even the logo / slogan. This letterhead (picture below) is rather unique, don’t you think? We were told it dates back to the 1920s. Just curious: are those former Cycle & Carriage buildings still around? I know the Ipoh building is still there (but it’s not […]
We thank Charlie Choong for sharing this photo with us.
We thank our donor Tom Turnbull for this photo. He can be seen, standing 3rd from right, with the Area Security Unit (ASU). This was taken at a rubber estate two miles south of Batu Gajah Town.
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…what a rubber seed looks like! 🙂 Anyone used to collect them? Yes? No?
What do you think these men are up to? We thank Ann Kesselring Hamon for sharing this photograph (taken off a 35mm Kodachrome slide).
In conjunction with the birthday of His Majesty Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah Ibni Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al Musta’in Billah Shah. Daulat Tuanku!
Nope! This is actually a carbide lamp 🙂 How does it work? Well…pellets or chunks of calcium carbide are placed in the lower chamber. The upper chamber is then filled with water. A screw valve or other mechanism is used to control the rate at which the water is allowed to drip into the chamber […]
Let’s talk about money 😉 How much would 25 Katis be today?
