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CHAP. XII.]
Water-repellent Clothes.
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rain can hurt neither them nor their wearers. To think that ordinary outdoor garments can thus be made thoroughly waterproof seems almost too good to be true; but it seems to be true, nevertheless. Articles submitted to this process were exhibited at the Health Exhibition of 1884, and they were said to be quite pervious to air. Since that time a "Warnerizing" Company has been formed, and has, I believe, taken offices in Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.