It took more than money and man-power to lay the transatlantic cable. Gutta-percha, a natural plastic extracted from trees in Southeast Asia, sparked a craze in Victorian England, leading to its ...

Gutta Percha is a natural polymer, chemically the same as natural rubber, however, it has a different molecular shape, giving it different properties. The milky fluid from the gutta-percha tree ...

The pieces of gutta percha have been found on beaches in Cornwall, Devon, northern France and the Netherlands in the last year. The Porthcurno Telegraph Museum in Cornwall said the blocks bore the ...