- Linoleum — 2020-08-17 08:43:03
…ng it with lead acetate and zinc sulphate. When he mastered his //recipe// he took out a patent eventually calling it **Linoleum**, derived from the Latin words “linum” (“flax”) and “oleum” (“oil”). == Production == {{Image url="L…
…inoleumStaines.jpg" class="right" title="Linoleum sculpture in Staines" width="" }} In **1864**, he formed the **Linoleum Manufacturing Company** and by 1869 the factory in Staines was exporting to Europe and the United States. Frederick Wa…