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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[December i, 1909. 



THE EDITOR'S BOOK TABLE. 



RAPPORT SUR UNE MISSION SCIENTIFIQUE EN AFRIQUE 

 Occidentale. Recherches de 1906-07 a la Cote d'lvoirie. Par # M. Aug. 

 Chevalier. (Extract from Nouvelles Archives dcs Missions Scientifiques, 

 Pans, Vol. XVIII, 1909.) 



""THIS paper has appended an interesting map of the forest 



■*• regions of the Ivory Coast, indicating articularly tin- dis 



tribution of rubber species. There are many different / 



(creepers), in addition to the Funtumia trees. 



ELECTRICITY EXPLAINED. BY J. CALVIN S. TOMPKINS. NEW 

 York: Cochrane Publishing Co. 1909. [Cloth. i2mo. Pp. IV + 64. 

 Price, 75 cents.] 



This is a book for popular reading, and therefore expressed in 

 simple language, which will prove helpful to persons desiring 

 elementary information as to the different kinds of electrical 

 currents and their control and their application to the wants 

 of man. 



A MANUAL OF STEAM ENGINEERING, COMPRISING INSTRUC 

 tions, Suggestions and Illustrations for Progressive Steam Engineers 

 ('"iicerning the Application to Modern Daily Practice of the Approved 

 Theory of Steam Engineering. By W. H. Wakeman. - - - New York: 

 New York Belting and Packing Co., Limited. [1909.] [Cloth. 32mo. 

 Pp. 409.] 



The author of this handy book has written extensively for 

 steam engineers, and is an authority in his field. The present 

 work has been prepared at the suggestion of a leading firm of 

 rubber manufacturers, for distribution among their customers. 

 It cannot fail to be of interest, not only to engineers, as a book 

 of reference, but also to those who have to do with the admin- 

 istration of industrial enterprises which make use of steam 

 power. 



HENDRICKS' COMMERCIAL REGISTER OF THE UNITED STATES, 

 for Buyers and Sellers. Especially Devoted to the Interests of the Archi- 

 tectural, Mechanical, Engineering, Contracting, Electrical, Railroad, Iron, 

 SteeL Hardware, Mining, Mill, Quarrying, Exporting, and Kindred In- 

 dustries - - - New \ork: Samuel E. Hendricks Co., No. 74 Lafavette 

 street. 1909. [Cloth. Large 8vo. Pp. lxxvii + 1,220. Price, $10.] 



This is the eighteenth annual edition of a work which has 

 proved its usefulness to a very great number of business men 

 in a wide field. It embraces the names and addresses of over 

 350,000 manufacturing firms and individuals, under 35,774 busi- 

 ness classifications, the mere listing of which, in the index, 

 requires 77 four-column pages in small type. While not offered 

 as a complete directory of any branch of industry, its lists 

 under each general heading are sufficiently full to make the 

 work one of value for reference, to which are to be added the 

 advantage of its being accurate and brought up to date. 



DISEASES OF A GASOLINE AUTOMOBILE AND HOW TO CURE 

 Them. A practical Book for the Gasoline Automobile Owner, Opera- 

 tor, Repair Man, Intending Purchaser, and Those Wishing to Learn 

 the First Principles of an Automobile. Also for Launch Owners. 

 - - - By A. L, Dyke and G. P. Dorris. [St. Louis: A. L. Dyke 

 Automobile Supply Co. 1903.] [Cloth. i2mo. Pp. 201. Price, $1.] 



This is avowedly not a theoretical work, but one designed to 

 answer briefly but clearly a series of practical questions con- 

 cerning gasoline automobiles. As every such automobile calls 

 for rubber tires, and as these have "diseases" as well as the 

 other parts of a car, a chapter is devoted to the application of 

 tires, caring for them, and making repairs when they are needed. 

 This section of the work appears to be of a practical character, 

 from which it may be assumed that the same is true of the 

 remaining chapters. 



THE TENSILE PROPERTIES OF INDIA-RUBBER. BY PHILIP 

 Schidrowitz, PH.D., p.c.s., Member of British section International Test- 

 ing Committee. [Reprinted from The India-Rubber Journal, March 22- 

 M.iy 31, 1909.] [Paper. 4to. Pp. 15.] 



This paper is devoted to the desirability of standardizing india- 

 rubber goods, together with suggestions toward physical tests for 

 this purpose, by a physicist who has devoted much attention to 

 this subject. Illustrations are given of some testing machines 

 designed by him for this work, 



OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED. 

 THE SMOKELESS COMBUSTION OF COAL IN BOILER PLANTS. 

 With a chapter on Central Heating Plants. By D. T. Randall »nd 

 N. W. Weeks. (United States Geological Survey— Bulletin 373.) 

 Washington: Government Printing Office. 1909. [Paper. 8vo. 

 Pp. 188.] 



A FEW PERTINENT FACTS CONCERNING THE PHILIPPINE 

 Forests and Needs of the Forest Service That Should Interest Every 

 Filipino. By Major George P. Ahern, Director of Forestry. Manila: 

 Bureau of Printing. 1908. [Paper. 8vo. Pp. 21.] 



INTERNATIONAL CABLE DIRECTORY OF THE WORLD, IN CON- 

 junction with Western Union Telegraphic Code System. ^ Compiled and 

 published by International Cable Directory Co. New York and Lon- 

 don: 1909. [Cloth. 4to. Pp. 869. Price, $7.50] 



IN CURRENT PERIODICALS. 



Cacao et Castilloa. By H. Hamel Smith. = Journal d'Agriculturt 

 Tropicale, Paris. IX-97 (July 31, '00). Pp. [96-X97. 



La Saignee du Tuntumia par Incisions Yerticales. By O. Labroy. 

 = Journal d' Agriculture Tropicale, Paris. IX-97 (July 31, '09). 

 Pp. 197-200. 



Organization Generale d'une Plantation d'Hevea. [In French Indo- 

 China.] By G. Vernet, agricultural engineer. = Journal d'Agriculturt 

 Tropicale, Paris. IX-96 (June 30, '09). Pp. 161-164; IX-97 (July 3«> 

 '09). Pp. 201-204. 



Exploitation et Culture des Lianes a Caoutchouc en Afrique Occidentale. 

 By E. De Wildeman. = Journal a' Agriculture Tropicale, Paris. IX-96 

 (June 30, '09). Pp. 172-174. 



Principales Clases Comerciales de Caucho y Plantas que las Producen. 

 By Paul Beckman [Translated from Aus der Natur.] = Boletin der 

 Ministerio de Fomento, Caracas. I ( Inly. '00). Pp. 19-37- 



The Modern Telephone Cable. By 'Frank B. Jewett. [Deals with paper 

 insulation.] = Proceedings of the American Institute of Electrical Engi- 

 neers, New York. XXYIII-7 (July, '09). Pp. 947-961. 



Cinchona-und Kautschukkultur in Ceylon. By Charles Bbringer. = Der 

 TropenpHanzer, Berlin, XIII-6 (June, '09). Pp. 209-274. 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



"""THE New York Leather Belting Co. (New York), publish 

 *■ a pamphlet, "From Forest to Factory," devoted to the 

 "Victor" brand of balata belting, which is illustrated with views 

 of more than a score of factories where this belting is in use. 

 [6" x 9". 63 pages.] 



Home Rubber Co. (Trenton, New Jersey), issue a catalogue 

 of Packings for all Purposes and Conditions. The numerous 

 brands of packing made by this company which have become 

 widely known in the trade are all illustrated and described in 

 this book, besides which several pages are devoted to the com- 

 pany's production of hose, belting, mats and matting, valves, 

 and various specialties. VaVz" x 714"- l22 P a g e s.] 



John Royle & Sons (Paterson, New Jersey), issue their Cat- 

 alogue No. 214, devoted to Tubing Machine Fixtures. It is 

 illustrated with a number of cuts of parts and fixtures in their 

 line. [4" x 6". 63 pages.] 



The Watson Machine Co. (Paterson, New Jersey), send 

 out a collection of leaflets, each describing and illustrating one of 

 the machines of their production adapted to the insulated wire 

 industry. [6" x 9, x 4"- 62 leaves.] 



Fred Medart Manufacturing Co. (St. Louis), sends Catalogue 

 G. of Gymnastic Apparatus, of which the company are large 

 manufacturers. This cannot be classed as a catalogue of rubber 

 goods, though not a few of the Medart specialties embrace a cer- 

 tain amount of rubber. [sYz" x 8J4". 112 pages.] 



The Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Co. (Beacon Falls, Con- 

 necticut) have introduced a new feature in their advertising 

 which is unique — a small monthly periodical. Rubber, which is 

 readable as well as attractive in looks. The initial number is 

 dated September, 1909. [4" x 4%". 16 pages.] 



Enterprise Rubber Co. — William E. Barker, president and 

 treasurer (Boston) — issue "Our Salesman in Print, No. 6," 

 covering the latest catalogue of Candee Rubbers, with some 

 special remarks to dealers. [3%" x 6yi". 76 pages.] 



Electric Hose and Rubber Co. (Wilmington, Delaware) 

 issue a catalogue of designs, in colors, of their Interlocking 

 Rubber Tiling. The pages of this attractive publication are 

 trimmed in the shape of a section of tiling, which makes it some- 

 what unlike any other trade publication that has reached The 

 India Rubber World. [4%" x 478". 14 leaves.] 



The Bristol Co. (Waterbury, Connecticut) devote their Bul- 

 letin No. 13 to Bristol's Patent Steel Belt Lacing, which is made 

 in various sizes and styles for all kinds of drive and conveyor 

 belts— rubber, leather, and cotton. [8" x io!4". 8 pages.] 



ALSO RECEIVED. 



The Bristol Co.. Waterbury, Connecticut^ Bulletin m — Bristol Class 

 II Recording Thermometers. 8 pages. 



The Coile Bed Bath Co., Knoxville, Tennessee=The Coile Bed Bath. 

 16 pages. 



