Dkcember 1, 1915. 



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The Editor's Book Table. 



Dll'. TKCIINOLOGIE DES KAUTSCHUKS. ISV DR. UUDOI.F HIT 

 mar A. Hartleben, Vienna, Austria, and Leipzig, C.crniaiiy. 1915. 

 (Large, 8vo. 597 pages, 520 illustrations.) 



THIS handbook, in German, on "The Technology of Rubber," 

 is a valuable systematic collection of data dealing with 

 rubber and rubber goods manufacture, The material has 

 been gathered from many published and original sources. The 

 author is proprietor of a government authorized testing labora- 

 tory in Gratz, Austria, devoted to the technology of the rubber 

 industry. He has thus had exceptional facilities for the study 

 of the subject. The book embodies the results of factory and 

 laboratory investigations of rubber manufacturing problems. 

 The section on factory plan and equipment, as well as that on 

 processes, represent the best current German practice. 



The author states in his preface that the value of his book 

 lies in the fact that the conclusions given were developed by 

 combined studies of theory and practice modified liy intimate 

 personal discussion of the topics with practical rubber manufac- 

 turers, qualified as specialists to deal with technical problems. 



The book has much value for the American manufacturer, 

 particularly in the way of suggestion and comparison of methods. 



Below is an outline of the subjects treated, condensed from 

 the contents ; 



Tapping, gathering, coagulating and preparation of crude rub- 

 ber, both wild and plantation. 



Factory plans and equipment, including power, heating, dry- 

 ing and vulcanizing apparatus. 



Reclaiming waste rubber and the manufacture and u.<c of 

 rubber substitutes. 



Fabrics used in rubljer manufacturing. 



Rubber manufacturing machinery for various purposes, gen- 

 eral and special. 



Space is devoted to details of the manufacture of a large 

 variety of hard and soft rubber goods, such as mechanical, foot- 

 wear, druggists' sundries, thread, toys, proofed goods, tires, 

 gutta percha articles, balata, belting and synthetic rubber. 



OIL, PAINT AND DRUG REPORTER GREEN BOOK FOR BUYERS. 

 September, 1915, edition. Issued semi-annually by Oil, Paint & 

 Drug Reporter, New V'ork. [Board covers, 164 pages.] 



This useful guide is well along in its third year, and will, no 

 doubt, be welcomed heartily by both old friends and new. It 

 contains a comprehensive index, including the principal chemicals 

 and compounding ingredients of interest to the rubber manufac- 

 turer, and gives the names and addresses of producers and 

 dealers. 



STOCK EXCHANGES (LONDON AND PROVINCIAL) TEN-YEAR 

 Record of Prices and Dividends from 1905 to 1914. Frederic C. 

 Mathieson & Sons, London, England. 1915. [Cloth, quarto, 496 pages.] 



This is a work of substantially 500 pages, and appears now in 

 its ninth issue ; in fact, it contains cumulative data covering prices 

 and dividends from 1905 to 1914. 



To the rubber trade, the book is of interest because of the in- 

 formation which it gives in relation to British rubber companies, 

 both manufacturing and planting. 



The book has been described as the best and fullest work ot 

 reference of its kind in the world. It not only embraces all 

 prominent securities in the various fields covered', but includes 

 a great many of lesser importance. From the preface of this 

 latest edition we quote the following : "The highest and lowest 

 prices in this work being mainly of actual transactions officially 

 recorded on all the different Stock Exchanges of the United 

 Kingdom, the record for 1914 of this portion is necessarily only 

 carried to the end of July, when the Stock Exchanges were 

 closed and war was shortiv afterwards declared; the dividends 



paid, however, are to the end of the year, while notes have been 

 made of the cessation of the number of interest payments. The 

 re-opening of the London Stock Exchange on January 4, 1915, 

 with generally lower prices than those current in the 'Stock 

 Exchanges' Ten-Vear Record,' calls attention to the advantages 

 investors now have in being able to obtain higher yields for their 

 capital. 



"The rearrangement and writing-off of nominal capital, and 

 the reorganization of companies, continued to be somewhat in- 

 tricate in many cases, and 'splitting' shares with a higher nominal 

 value into more shares of a lower denomination is still in favor. 

 The attention given to these subjects over such a period as ten 

 years must enhance the value of the tables, which have again 

 increased in number." 



UKINSON & SON, 

 s 96 pages. Annual 



RUBBER COMPANIES' POSITION. VV. 

 London, E. C, England. 1915. [Board 

 subscription, 21.v. postpaid.] 



This relates to rubber planting companies in the Far East and 

 summarizes the condition and prospects of 91 of them. To quote 

 the editors: "Our object in issuing this handbook is to assist 

 subscribers in forming as near as possible an idea of the present 

 and immediate future position of a company, and the advi.sability 

 or otherwise of extending or curtailing the field of their invest- 

 ments. The particulars given as regards capital, planted acreage, 

 monthly output, etc., are extracted from the latest reports, bal- 

 ance sheets and circulars issued by the various companies. 



VAN NOSTRAND'S CHEMICAL ANNUAL FOR 1913. EDITED BY 

 John C. Olsen, A.M., Ph.D. D. Van Nostrand & Co., New York. 

 [Leather covers, 669 pages.] 



This is a valuable compilation of chemical information pre- 

 sented largely in tabular form for convenient reference. 

 There are 116 tables, grouped in several sections, such as 

 general tables of atomic weight, physical constants of the 

 elements, factors for calculation of indirect gravimetric 

 analysis, etc.; calculation of volumetric analysis and gas 

 analysis; physical constants of chemical compounds; specific 

 gravity tables and alcohol tables; equivalents of weights and 

 measures ; thermochemistry and stoicheiometry. 



RUBBER IN NETHERLANDS EAST INDIA. NETHERLANDS-EAST- 

 Indian-San-Francisco Committee of the Department of Agriculture, 

 Industry and Commerce. J. C. T. Van Dorp & Co., The Hague, Hol- 

 land. [Paper covers, 12 pages. Illustrated.] 

 This is a very brief and interesting review of rubber cultiva- 

 tion in Java and Sumatra. It gives a good idea of the develop- 

 mental work in connection with plantations, together with an 

 account of the rubber trees that have given the best results under 

 cultivation there. The growing of the Palaquium for the ex- 

 traction of gutta percha, which has been treated at length in va- 

 rious papers, is here summarized. 



TWENTIETH CENTURY RUSSIA AND ANGLO-RUSSIAN REVIEW. 

 .lohn Bale, Sons & Daniclsson, Limited, London, W., England. (Paper 

 covers, 83 pages. Price, is. net.] 



This is a new quarterly, the aim of which is to give the English- 

 speaking public an intimate idea of Russia in her modern phases. 



The land of the Czar has been a closed book, and few realized 

 its nature and needs. A magazine, therefore, that will help the 

 Fnglish-speaking world to a better understanding of this vast 

 realm, and its commercial opportunities should certainly be of 

 present interest and value. Of the many papers of interest in 

 the initial number one may be mentioned as typifying the whole, 

 and that is "The Future of Russia as a Trade Center." The 

 new journal, through its excellent beginning, gives promise of 

 taking first rank among the world's reviews. 



