Galalith is Not French Bakelite - By: blog.RubyLane.com, 2008-10-29

Galalith is the name of a plastic developed in Germany in the late 19th century. Galalith, made from casein, a milk-based protein gets it trade name ‘milk stone’ from the Greeks - gala for milk and logos for stones. Galalith started as a failed attempt to produce a plastic material specifically for “whiteboards,” intended to replace blackboards in the German classroom.

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