plaster of Paris
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Heritage noticed some residue in the grooves — plaster of Paris, a clue that they had been used in a stereotype printing process developed in the 1830s.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2022
"Looks like plaster of Paris or sort of a grayish beach sand."
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2022
Beal’s castle was a hallucinatory, improbable cascade of car bumpers, endless Busch beer cans, plaster of Paris archways embedded with abalone shells and dolls, rusted car wheels and driftwood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2019
Hoyos: In biology, we have to buy plaster of Paris for experiments, to make models.
From Slate ● May 2, 2018
A model of the bell, as if it were solid, was first made of clay and plaster of Paris.
From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay
