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A
totally natural material with all over body support.
Myer's
use only the finest, natural Talalay Latex in all of their
mattresses.
Please
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| Features
& Benefits
100% Talalay Latex for a totally natural sleeping experience
It is Hypo Allergenic and resists harbouring bed mites
Used with a strong inner spring, it gives traditional inner
support and natural relaxing comfort
No need to turn mattress
Very well ventilated |
HISTORY
OF LATEX
1735 French explores discovers Brazilians making rubber shoes
& rubber bottles from "CAHUCHU"…’weeping
wood’ of Hevea Brasiliensis. This strange liquid is NOT
sap but the tree’s defence against being eaten.
1800s Latex, from felled trees, mixed with turpentine to make
waterproof cloth. McKintosh raincoats, rubber bands, rubber
production machines, erasers of course, and a few other odds
and ends soon follow.
1839 Charles Goodyear accidentally discovers how to vulcanise
latex to make rubber. World demand starts with rubber bands,
elastic for clothes and erasers.
1876 Seeds exported from the lower Amazon area of Brazil to
London UK by Henry Wickham to grow seedlings in the Tropical
Herbarium in Kew Gardens, London.
1877 Seedlings sent to Sri Lanka and Malaysia. Under the British
& Dutch administration vast forest plantations are created
and tapping of latex developed.
1900's Car boom and new vulcanized rubber tyres increase the
speed of Latex consumption & development.
1929 Knowing the properties of the material tyre scientists
discover that whipping bubbles into the latex and fixing makes
a great upholstery foam.
1935 Joseph Talalay at Magna Rubber in Bedford, develops the
vacuum process that makes Latex uniform and consistent.
1946 Anselm & Leon Talalay his sons travel the Atlantic
to continue their fathers work at Sponge Rubber Products in
Connecticut
1960/1 Two commercial Talalay plants open
in Britain & Netherlands using Latex.
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