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Having a clear-out I found some Compound No 97 made by WT Henley's Telegraph Works in Westcott, Dorking, Surrey. It looks like a slab of a waxy substance. I remember buying this with a 'Miscellaneous' lot from an Army Auction back in the early 1970s. Anyone know what it is and what it is for? Clive - Is this something you can help with???

Many thanks.

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Robert two things spring mind either as some sort of rosin flux in connection with soldering or as an insulating material to be melted into connections. I have a 1909 telegraph manual that lists lots of things used by linesmen & the like but nothing like that listed.

 

WT Henley's Telegraph Works hold a patent on an insulating "compound" 51(?) used in connection with sea going mine hunting equipment.

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