Adamantine (veneer)
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Adamantine is a veneer
developed by The Celluloid Manufacturing Company of New York City, covered by U.S. Patent
number 232,037, dated September 7, 1880. Seth Thomas Clock Company
purchased the right to use the adamantine veneer in 1880. This veneer is sometimes referred to as celluloid
and is found on clocks in a wide variety of colors that simulate marble
or alabaster
.
Seth Thomas clocks used Adamantine to create a Marbaline veneer for their clocks.
Veneer
A veneer is a thin covering over another surface. More specifically, it may refer to:* Wood veneer, a term used in architecture and woodworking...
developed by The Celluloid Manufacturing Company of New York City, covered by U.S. Patent
United States patent law
United States patent law was established "to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;" as provided by the United States Constitution. Congress implemented these...
number 232,037, dated September 7, 1880. Seth Thomas Clock Company
Seth Thomas (clockmaker)
Seth Thomas was an American clock maker and a pioneer of mass production at his Seth Thomas Clock Company.-Biography:Thomas was born in Wolcott, Connecticut, in 1785. He started in the clock business in 1807, working for clockmaker Eli Terry...
purchased the right to use the adamantine veneer in 1880. This veneer is sometimes referred to as celluloid
Celluloid
Celluloid is the name of a class of compounds created from nitrocellulose and camphor, plus dyes and other agents. Generally regarded to be the first thermoplastic, it was first created as Parkesine in 1862 and as Xylonite in 1869, before being registered as Celluloid in 1870. Celluloid is...
and is found on clocks in a wide variety of colors that simulate marble
Marble
Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite.Geologists use the term "marble" to refer to metamorphosed limestone; however stonemasons use the term more broadly to encompass unmetamorphosed limestone.Marble is commonly used for...
or alabaster
Alabaster
Alabaster is a name applied to varieties of two distinct minerals, when used as a material: gypsum and calcite . The former is the alabaster of the present day; generally, the latter is the alabaster of the ancients...
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Seth Thomas clocks used Adamantine to create a Marbaline veneer for their clocks.