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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



LFebriarv 1, 1915. 



A VACCINE TUBE WITH RUBBER BULB. 



A new vaccine tube point has been introduced, ;ts herewith 

 illustrated. This tube is made of one piece rjff glass, easily 

 ilized, within which the virus is hermetically 

 sealed. When it is desired to use the vaccine a rub- 

 ber bulb is pushed over the small end of the tube, 

 until the end of the tube projects through the bulb; 

 the flesh i- scarified with the poinl of the tube, but 

 tin blood is drawn, and the tube is broken off inside 

 the bulb, through the end oi which the broken part 

 is removed. Then the poinl of the tube is broken off, 

 and tin virus i- expelled by means of the rubber bulb 

 directly on the scarified ana. into which it is rub- 

 bed. | II. K. Mulford i o., Philadelphia.] 



RUBBER IN MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORK. 



The first of the illustrations below shows the 

 Pleximeter, a hard rubber instrument for use in 

 making diagnoses, for 

 ting any abnormal 

 ci indition in a given por- 

 tion of the body, and 

 especially in sounding 

 cavities of the chest. 

 I he other illustrations 

 show forceps such as are used in intestinal operations. The ends 

 of these forceps have soft rubber tips, which prevent the crush- 

 ing of the intestines while being brought up in the field of opera- 

 tion. These rubber protections enable the operator to bring 



sufficient tension to bear to hold the intestine at any desired point 

 without the laceration liable to result where the ordinary steel 

 instrument is used. [Frank S. Bet/ Co., Hammond. Indiana.] 



MOTOR DRIVEN FIRE EQUIPMENT SUPPLANTS THE HORSE. 



The Fire Department of New York has asked an appropria- 

 tion of S.iOS.nou, to be used in converging the present horse- 

 drawn fire apparatus to motor driven, and for the purchase 

 of new apparatus. The pity's present equipment comprises, 

 besides its horse-drawn vehicles, 271 pieces of motor ap- 

 paratus. 228 motor vehicles having been substituted in the past 

 three years. The present tire cblrunissJoper, Robert Adamson, 

 is an advocate of motor apparatus, his preference being based 

 upon greater efficiency, on account at. quick response to third 

 and fourth alarms, where a uniformly high rate of Speed for 

 distances of perhaps 8 or 10 miles is impossible with horses 

 employed on vehicles weighing from 11(000 to 17.000' pounds ; 

 also on the saving in cost and maintenance and in quarters 

 for the department apparatus. If this appropriation is 

 granted by lliQiflnd, o£J917 tb,^; city's entire equipment will 

 bet OI lb..; mutorv'ilfi^. 



valve is a distinct 

 Easily inflated, it 



TOY BALLOONS. 

 The toj rubber ball l with self-closing 



improvement over the ordinary varietj 

 can be deflated with equal facility, 

 simply by inserting a small -nek in 

 the neck of the balloon and holding 

 there until the air escapes, to re 

 lieve the strain of inflation when 

 not in use. Such balloons are ob- 

 tainable in a variety of colors and 

 are adapted for and much in use in 

 many kinds of lawn and indoor 

 games, in addition to their popu- 

 larity as a children's toy. The cuts show a new i tgat shaped 

 balloon supplied with this valve and whieh, by the addition oi 

 a stick and a colored tissue tassel, becomes a pom-pom bal- 

 loon, or, by the addition of a paper pin wheel attached to a 

 cork inserted in one end and a string tied to the other, becomes 



a toy airship. This balloon is 

 made in assorted colors and in- 

 flates to 14 inches in length and 

 4' j inches in diameter. [Gregory- 

 Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio.] 



BALATA SKI BINDING. 



While skiing is not the popular sport here that it is in the 

 Scandinavian countries, where it originated, still, in the colder 

 sections and in Canada it has become a popular winter pastime 

 and the ski constitutes quite an item in the sales of the sport- 



ing goods dealers. One of the most important features in 

 the manufacture of the ski is the binding, the balata binding 

 as illustrated above forming one of the varieties most in use. 

 [G. S. Sprague & Co.. Boston.] 



THE HOME GOLFER. 



The accompanying illustration shows a new golf machine. 

 the "Varsity" Home Golfer, patented and produced by a rub- 

 ber goods manufacturing firm and suitable for parlor or lawn 



matches. It is not a toy but has 

 been scientifically tested for drives 

 from 20 to 250 yards. The device 

 i- arranged for attachment to a 

 solid foundation. When the ball is 

 struck the small 

 metal ring at the base 



of the upright spindle to which the golf ball is attached, by its 

 movement pn the spindle, indicates whether the ball would have 

 llown high or low— whether or not it would have cleared the 

 bunkers, etc. The force of the stroke moves Forward the up- 

 right spindle and the crank to which it is attached, thus mov- 

 ing the indicator on the dial and registering the force of the 

 dme. ,[-, is .said to have beef) introduced on several ocean 

 liners. [Anderson. Vuder-on § Nrnk/rson. Limited. London. 

 Engjand.;) t nisi >m sdi ..) oa.iq 



