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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February 1, 1915. 



ABOUT A FAMOUS MILITARY ORGANIZATION. 



FWlid - the military organizations of the United States 



is the Ancient ind Honorable Artillery of Boston, of which 

 Captain Francis II. Appletori, of the rubber reclaiming firm of 

 1 . II. Vppleton & Son, Inc.. has recently been commander. It 

 is famous because of its age, being the oldest military organiza- 

 tion in the United States; and famous on both sides of the 



water because of the notable g 1 p o) i.ts members and 



its man} social achievements. It was founded in 1638 by a foi 

 mer member of the Honorable Artillerj Company of London, 

 and in 1912, l\ waj of celebrating the o] I its 275th year, 



it accepted an invitation to visit the parent company in London 

 The 275th annual record of the company has just been published; 

 which is a book of "272 pages, chieflj devoted to an account of 

 that visit with Captain Vppleton in command -beginning with 

 the invitation, the start from Boston, the voyage across, and 

 including the in- 

 numerable attentii ns 

 showered upon the 

 company in I o n don . 

 W li a t most ini- 

 presses one in look- 

 ing over this book is 

 the fact that the o >m- 

 mander of this com- 

 pany at this partic- 

 ular time had per- 

 force to he a very- 

 ready speaker, for 

 what with banquets, 

 :ions and un- 

 veilings, he was al- 

 waj s on the tiring 

 line of oratory. 



This book will 

 prove not only inter- 

 esting to the 600 and 

 mure members of the 

 company, but to all 

 Americans who enjoy 

 international ameni- 

 ties It is lavishly 

 illustrated. It was 

 . ompiled by the Pay- 

 mastei Ar- 



thur T. Lovell, and printed by the Norwood Press 

 Massachusetts. 



an octavo pamphlet of 120 pages. "Cotton Cultivation in the 

 West Indies." In a preface to the work the Commissioner 

 I Agriculture for the West Indies. Hon. Francis Watts, ex- 

 ■ - his appreciation of the manner in which it has been 

 compiled bj Mr. \\ . Nowell, I). 1. 1 '., who prepared the chap- 

 and diseases, the chapter on insect pests being 

 by Mr. II. A. Ballou, M.Sc The information presented has 

 been brought up to date and numerous photogravure illus- 

 trations are included. 



THE LARGEST THREE ROLL CALENDER. 



DIG machines are an adjunct of big business. That being so 

 *-* the huge calender shown in the accompanying illustration — 



the largest yet produced — may 

 growth of rubber manufacture. 



The Largest Three Roll Calender. 



Norwood, 



FOR BETTER RELATIONS WITH OUR SOUTHERN NEIGHBORS. 



"The Development of Intellectual and Cultural Relations 

 Between the United States and other republics of America" 

 is the subject of Publication No. 5 of the Division of Inter- 

 course and Education of the Carnegie Endowment for In- 

 ternational Pel [iving particulars as to the pre- 

 liminary work of the division, it describes the results of a 

 tour made by a party of university men and educators of the 

 capitals and important centers of the South American nations 

 in the interest of better intellectual relations. The publica- 

 tion, which is edited by Harry Erwin Bard, is published in 

 English, Portuguese and Spanish and has an instructive pre- 

 face by president Nicholas Murray Cutler, of Columbia Uni- 

 versity. New York, who is Acting Director of the Division. 



COTTON GROWING IN THE WEST INDIES. 

 Ill view of the increasing importance of the cotton growing 



■ Is. the Imperial Department of Agricul- be fed in at either side. |The Farrel Foundry'. & Machin 



be taken as an index of the 

 This is not for use in home 

 manufactures but is 

 already on its w.n b i 

 England. Speaking 

 first of its dimensions, 

 it is a 28 x 78 three- 

 roll machine, is a trifle 

 over 12 feet highland 

 occupies on the floor 

 a space 16 x 6 x 9 feet. 

 It is driven by motor 

 and requires from 100 

 to 200 horsepower, de- 

 pending on the stock 

 to be calendered. The 

 rolls are chilled, 

 accurately ground, 

 polished and chamber 

 bored. Stuffing boxes 

 are provided for heat- 

 ing or cooling, and the 

 bearings are brass 

 lined, lubricated by 

 sight feed oil cups. 

 The rolls are geared 

 for friction 2 to 3 or 

 even motion, the 

 change being made 

 by keys. All gears 

 are cut double heli- 

 cal, are encased and run in suitable lubricant. 



A motor and controller mounted on one of the side frames 

 drive the vertical adjustment mechanism of the rolls. The 

 power clutch can be disengaged and a hand wheel used for fine 

 adjustment. There are four control levers within easy reach. 

 The first controls the motor or hand wheel drive, the second 

 connects the top and bottom rolls with the motor drive or 

 handwheel, the third and fourth control the worm clutches for 

 the vertical adjustment of the roll necks, independently of each 

 other. 



There are also two dial gages attached to the side frames at 

 the front and back for registering the vertical roll adjustment 

 to a one-thousandth part of an inch. These enable the operator 

 to see at a glance the exact thickness of the calendered sheet. 



The thrust of the worm shafts is taken up by ball bearings. 

 When adjusting the top roll vertically, ball bearing collars re- 

 move the friction of the roll from the vertical screws so that 

 they can be easily turned. The calender sheets from 15 to 45 

 yards a minute and frictions two-thirds that amount. The 

 take-up and brake can be run either way so that the fabric can 



for the West tndii ly published] in the form of of \uMmia, Connecticut.] 



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