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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[May 1, 1911. 



THE EDITOR'S BOOK TABLE. 



THE CULTIVATION OF HEVEA. A MANUAL FOR THE PLANTER. 

 By Dr. P. J. S. Cramer, director of agriculture in Surinam. Translated 

 from the Dutch by Stuart R. Cope and A, Content. .-Xmsterdam: J. H. 

 de Bussy. 19n. [8vo. Pp. 13.'. Cloth. Ss.; |.:ipir. -is.] 



TPHE author, a competent botanist, cmbiiilics in this work, the 

 •*■ suits of his visit, at tlie request of the Dutcli government, to 

 a number of rubber estates in the Malay peninsula and Ceylon, 

 where he investigated the methods of cultivation and preparation 

 of hevea rubber. The subject is treated in a vety thorough man- 

 ner, as may be gathered from the sub-titles — preparatory arrange- 

 ments, maintenance of the plantations and tapping, which in- 

 cludes the treatment of the latex and the packing of the finished 

 product — the entire work being written as a manual for the 

 planter, rather than as a treatise for tlie general reader. The 

 book contains forty illustrations, for the most part showing 

 prevalent conditions in the country visiiril. 



ARGKXTINF. TARIFF LAW. PfULlSIIED BY THE PAN .MVIER- 

 ican Tninn. VVasliingto.i, D. C. Pajicr. 8vo. .33 pp. with inde.\ .xx pp. 

 Price 25 cents. 



A CAREFULLY prepared pamphlet in which the original Spanish 



of all the schedules is given along with the Eipglish, to prevent 



misunderstanding. The index has licen pre[^red. not merely 



from the law itself, but also from the appraisement schedules. 



annual statistical reports of imports and the customs ordinances 



so that it is more a subject digest than a simple index. 



SOIL AND PLANT-SANITATION ON CACAO AND RUBBER 

 Estates. By Harold Hansel Smith, member of the West India Com- 

 mittee, etc., with an introduction bv Professor Wyndham Dunstan, 

 M..\., LL.D.. etc.. Director of the Imperial Institute. Tohn Bale, Sons 

 & Danielsson, Ltd., London. [Clolh. 8vo. Pp. 632. Price ICs. net.] 



A WEi^L PRINTED, readable book, in which the author takes the 



position that diseases prevalent in plants should be treated on 



lines similar to those affecting liuman beings, taking the greatest 



care to keep them free from diseases and pests, or making every 



effort to eradicate them. Rubber is very fully discussed, special 



chapters being devoted to Castillna, Ceara, Funtumia and wild 



rubbers generally, the questions of tapping ruliber. rubber 



machinery and factories are fully discussed, ^^any other 



subjects that will interest officials, planters and investors are 



considered. 



OTHER BOOKS RECEIXED. 



SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. [THE PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS DE- 

 livered at the seventeenth general meelins of the American Electro- 

 chemical Society. Pittsburgh. May 5. 1910.] Bv Leo Hcndrik Bake- 

 land. [New York: 1910. Paper. 8vo. Pp. 37-53-1 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL 

 Engineers for April, 1911, containing the usual accounts of meetings 

 held and to be held, papers, discussions and reports. Published by tlie 

 Society at New York. Paper. 8vo. 844 pp. Price $1.00. 



THE AGRICULTURAL LEDGER, 1910. NO. I. FIRST HALF A-K. D£- 

 voted to a detailed descriptirm of the races of rice (osyco saliz'a) in 

 India. Published by the Superintendei-I of Government Printing, 

 Calcutta, India. Paper. 8vo. 33 pp. Price l.v. 2J. 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



CYRACUSE RUBBER COMPANY (Syracuse, N. Y.), pub- 

 *^ lish an illustrated catalogue of the weather-proof clothing 

 they market under the trade marks "Goodycar's Bear Brand," 

 "Tower's Oiled Clothing" and "Good Wear" horse covers, wagon 

 covers and storm clothing of every description. The special 

 features of each article are fully set forth, and the illustrations 

 are of an originally artistic type ; 24 pages, 6 x 9'4 inche.s. 



Ch.vrles E. Miller (Anderson, Indiana), publishes a profusely 

 illustrated catalogue of his viilcanizers and specialties for rubber 

 goods manufacturers and repair men. Everything to which it 

 refers is ilhi.slrated and fully described and prices (|Uoted, making 

 it a complete handbood of 28 pages (8^ x 5-54 inches) of the 

 goods he manufactures. 



Boston Belting Co. (Boston, Mass), in a neatly printed and 

 illustrated booklet of 16 pages, 6 x Syi inches, set forth the 

 merits of their "Ro>:l)ro" braided hose, for air and water. It 

 describes the gradual development of the perfected article, its 



special merits and the uses for which it is designed, and quotes 

 prices on the various makes and sizes. 



The H. O. C.x.nfiei.d Comi'.n.nv (Bridgeport, Conn), in their 

 Catalogue B (48 pages, 6x9 inches), describe and illustrate their 

 line of plumbers' rubber supplies. The line is a complete one 

 and clearly printed illustrations and a carefully compiled index 

 make it a handy publication for dealers in these goods. 



"A Story in Four Chapters" is the title under which the 

 Fisk Rubber Co., Chicopee Falls, Mass., publish a booklet descrip- 

 tive of the advantages to be gained by carrying extra tires in- 

 flated, all ready to put on in casf of puncture. In the case that 

 fprms the subject of the illustrations, ten minutes were con- 

 suined in inaking the change and a section of the Fisk Tire, with 

 its removable rim, shows liow this remarkable saving in time 

 .ind trouble is effected. Ilu- i)lioti)graphs illustrating tliis neatly 

 printed booklet, 7x5 inches, were made en tlie street, while 

 the tire was being changed. 



KUEEERIZrD X-RAY PROOF ARMOR. 



Doc TiiKS aiul surge: IIS. making .ise nf tlie X-r.iv apparatus for 

 tlie cNaniinalion of patients or the preparation of radiogr.-'phs, 

 arc fre{|ueiitly exposed to painful and at times serious injury 



fr. ni the higlily enncen- 

 trated electric light 

 beams. A sjiecially de- 

 signed .iriror or cos- 

 tume, that is proof 

 against these rays, is 

 described in La Presse 

 Medicalc. Paris, by Dr. 

 Paul Aubnurg, and is 

 illustrated herewith. It 

 consists of a long tunic, 

 made of fabric impreg- 

 nated with lead, rubber 

 and bismuth, which is 

 worn over the ordinary 

 operating robe, thick 

 gauntlet gloves of the 

 saine material and rub- 

 ber boots, and a helmet 

 and maik of rubber that 

 completely covers the 

 head, tne nose being pro- 

 tected by a broad nose 

 piece, and the eyes by 

 spectacles or goggles of 

 a lead glaze, the whole 

 presenting a startling ap- 

 pearance strongly remin- 

 iscent of the costume 

 worn by the inquisitors 

 ill the old time torture 

 chambers. .■X somewliat similar costume has been adopted by the 

 physicians who are attending the victims of the plague in the 

 Far East, with the exception that in this case the entire outfit 

 is of rubber and the liehiiet impregnated with iodoform. 



ERRATUM. 



In an article entitled "Xevv Process for Coagulating Castilloa," 

 in the Marcli 1 nuiiilier nf The lNni.\ Rubber World, errors 

 occurred in tlie conversion of German marks into Uhited States 

 currency. For 13 marks, the price obtained for the crude rub- 

 ber, an equivalent of $1.40 was quoted, this should have been 

 $3,094. while tlie price p.iid fiT l)ie gum resin 7 marks, slunild 

 have been given at $l,^(i(i, in place of ;ibout 7S^^2 cents, as 

 quoted. 



Doctor in X-Ray Proof Costume. 

 Courtesy of The Sun. AVxc 5'")7,'. 



