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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August 1, 1914. 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



ANOTHER HANDSOME RUBBER GIRL. 



pEOPLE in the rubber trade with artistic appreciation will 

 ■* recall the handsome young women (as reproduced by lithog- 

 raphy) that have emanated from the Pennsylvania Rubber Co., 

 of Jeannctte, Pennsylvania. Two years ago "Miss Jeannette" 

 made her debut, and last year it was "Vecelia" — and now comes 

 "Euphemia," being a life size presentation, head and slioulder 

 view, of a very handsome blondish young woman witli pink 

 cheeks and dark lirown, eyes, and hair to match, and wearing 

 exactly the sort of hat that such a young woman would be 

 likely to wear in the summer season. The full size of the panel 

 is 34x20 inches. The size of the lithograph print is 20x17 

 inches, and the painting is reproduced in ten or a dozen colors. 

 The name of the lithographers is not vouchsafed, but they have 

 done their work in this instance exceedingly well. 



The name "Eu- 

 phemia" was se- 

 lected for this 

 attractive young 

 person both be- 

 cause it seems to 

 fit her, and in the 

 opinion of tlie 

 company it also 

 lits their goods 

 admirably, for it 

 is derived from 

 two Greek words, 

 cit meaning "well," 

 and phaiiia mean- 

 ing "voice" or 

 "word," and being 

 interpreted may be 

 said to mean "well 

 spoken of." 



Under the 

 picture is a 

 line "Pennsylvania 

 Oilproof Vacuum 

 Cup Tires," and 

 the name and ad- 

 dress of the company. It is a line piece of advertising and is likely 

 to cause nuicli dissension in all (offices receiving only one copy. 



DAVID BRIDGE & CO. S NEW CATALOG. 



With a view to keeping their friends abreast of their latest 

 improvements, David Bridge & Co., of Castleton, Manchester, 

 England, have just brought out a catalog entitled "Section K3. 

 Bridge's Rubber Machinery for Plantation and Wild Rubbers," 

 which is intended to supplement that of "Section K2," published 

 in 1911. To those not fully acquainted with the products of 

 this firm, this catalog will prove of special interest, containing, 

 as it does, upward of 70 illustrations referring to 27 classes of 

 machinery and appliances for the preparation of plantation and 

 wild rubbers. Six types of macerating and creping machines, 

 and one with name of estate engraved on back roller, arc first 

 illustrated, followed by hand and power-driven roller machines. 



Next in order comes the "Universal Patent Scrap Rubber 

 Washing Machine," with its various driving arrangements, after 

 which are shown vacuum drying and surface smoking plants, 

 including the "Dacostidge" combination. Rubber blocking 

 presses follow, as well as a numlier of engines, boilers and other 

 mechanical adjuncts. Prominence is then given to the Da Costa 

 "Rapid" smoking coagulator, as well as the Wickham "Hard 

 Cure" process, of the machinery for which Messrs. Bridge are 

 the sole makers. Other features of the catalog are laboratory 



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vulcanizing plants, as furnished the Department of Agriculture, 

 Federated Malay States, as well as experimental appliances sup- 

 plied to the Technical College at Delft (Holland), and to the 

 London Imperial Institute. 



Standard machinery for rubber manufacturers is referred to, 

 though space forbids its complete enumeration, but illustrations 

 of leading types call attention to that feature of the Bridge pro- 

 duction. Various special machines for plantation purposes are 

 likewise shown. 



A FIREMAN S AXE OF RUBBER. 



The American Rubber Manufacturing Co., of San Francisco, 

 have recently issued a handsome catalog with stiff paper covers 

 containing 126 pages, describing and illustrating the various types 

 of hose which they manufacture and also the great variety of 

 accessories which they carry, including : Hose couplings and 

 nozzles ; gaskets ; firemen's landing pads ; axes and other firemen's 

 implements ; gongs ; ladders ; firemen's clothing, caps and badges, 

 and a variety of extinguishers. In describing their fire hose 

 they call attention to the fact that good hose is the main essential 

 in any fire service, as the bursting of a single section may not 

 only mean the destruction of an immense amount of property, 

 but of human life itself. They state that it is the manufacturer's 

 duty to produce "a water-conducting hose which will be light, 

 pliable, compact, free from friction, kinking or twisting, and at 

 the same time strong and flexible." They add that in their 

 manufacture of fire hose all these requirements are fulfilled. 



The last few pages of the book are given over to a series 

 of tables that will be found valuable to those interested in 

 fire departments. These tables cover the amount of hydrant 

 pressure required to send a stream to a certain height or distance 

 with nozzles of various dimensions. They also give the discharge 

 of water in cubic inches through nozzles of various sizes. Other 

 tables give the capacity of cylindrical tanks and systems. Much 

 other information is contained in these tabulations. 



Accompanying the catalogue is a fireman's axe, a foot in length 

 and having a head that looks like steel with a 

 particularly sharp edge and a pointed pick. But 

 /J the axe is quite harmless and both the edge and 



the pick can be used on the most delicate furniture, 

 liecause the head is not made of steel but of rubber. 



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This is an advertising device which the fireman will appreciate^ 

 and his young son appreciate even more. 



CATALOGS OF THE HAZARD MANUFACTURING CO. 



A complete set of catalogs to hand from the Hazard Manu- 

 facturing Co., of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, covers the varied 

 product of that concern. Its rubber-covered wires and cables 

 represent the experience gained during twenty-five years of 

 successful manufacture. The materials used, it is claimed, 

 remain in service thoroughly water and weather-proof, while the 

 slow-burning weather-resisting wires are internally saturated 

 with a fireproof compound. 



Quotations and price lists of the various forms of insulated 

 wire form a special catalogue, with a large number of artistic 

 engravings of buildings and locations where the "Hazard" wires 

 are used. These include the "Calumet & Hecla" mines at Calumet, 

 Michigan ; the "United Verde" copper mine at Jerome, Arizona ; 

 Marie Antoinette Hotel, New York ; Pennsylvania Trust Build- 

 ing, Philadelphia; a group of United States warships, and various 



