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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April 1. 1915. 



ards at Washington, and published as No. 234 of the "Scien- 

 tific Papers of the Bureau of Standards." Unfortunately, how- 

 ever, in thi ition of tins table an error was made which, 

 while easil) detected bj those familiar with the subject, was 

 liable to be misleading to many readers. The table is con- 

 ntlj inserted again in correct form and is as follow 



VOLUME RESISTIVITY OF SOLID DIELECTRICS. 



Resist ivitj 

 Matei ial Ohm-centimeters. 



Special paraffin over 5,000 X 10" 



Ceresin over 5,000 X 10" 



Hard rubber 1,000 X 10" 



Cl< ar mica 200 X 10" 



Sulphur 100 X 10" 



G. E. No. 55 R 40 X 10" 



I [all .wax No. 5,055 B 20 X 10" 



Bakelite No L 558 20X10" 



Shi llac 10 X 10" 



Sealing wax 8 X 10" 



Moulded mica IX 10" 



I nglazed porcelain 300 X 10 12 



German glass 50 X 10 12 



Plate glass 20 X 10 u * 



' Ipal glass 1 X 10" 



Black condensite 40X10' 



White celluloid 20X10* 



White galalith 10X10" 



Blue Vermont marble 1 X 10" 



[vory 200 X 10° 



Slate 100 X 10" 



THE OBITUARY RECORD. 



THOMAS MILBURN UPP. 



""THOMAS M. UPP. writer, naturalist, and for the last two 

 * years a member of the staff of The India Rubber World, 

 passed away March 8, 1915, at Tompkins Corners, New York. 



At the time of his 

 death he was alone, his 

 wife being in Seattle, at- 

 tending the golden wed- 

 ding of her parents. His 

 house took fire in the 

 early morning hours and 

 burned to the ground 

 w i t h the unfortunate 

 owner in it. 



.Mr. Upp was born in 

 Iowa some forty years 

 ago and passed his youth 

 in the West, but a num- 

 ber of years ago moved 

 to the East and engaged 

 in newspaper work on 

 the Xew York dailies 

 But he was naturalist 

 more than journal- 

 ist and could not resist 

 the call from the forest 

 and the hillside. Some 

 nine years ago, there- 

 fore, he purchased a 

 farm at Tompkins Corners — not with the intention of farming 

 but simply to live in the midst of nature. 



i. geologist and astronomer of repute. His 



1 k reviews a id xitical articles were always excellent, while 



in research work he had few equals. Active, aggressive, 

 larly, he was a lirm friend, a charming comrade, and one 

 who will long be missed. 



Dr. William T. Hornaday, director of the New York Zoolog- 

 ical Gardens, an intimate friend, offers the following tribute to 

 his memory : 

 On an unscarred and natural mountainside in the Berkshire 



i vs M. Ui p. 



Hills of Putnam County, New York, there lived and died a man 

 who was a poet, philosopher, naturalist and champion of clean 

 politics. The occupant of a modest cottage almost smothered 

 in vegetation, he wielded a pen that sent forth many a broad mes- 

 sage of power and influence. When Thomas M. Upp, Justice of 

 the Peace, attacked with his marvelous gift of biting satire an 

 abuse or an abuser, the world laughed and applauded, and the 

 party of the second part turned red and took notice. To be 

 commended b\ that trenchant pen was indeed an honor. 



He was a fellow of infinite jest; of most excellent fancy. 

 I lis humorous poems were works of art. First of all, he was 

 the friend and defender of nearly all wild life. He demanded 

 that even the pilot blacksnake should have a square deal. The 

 birds, wild flowers and trees were his most intimate friends, 

 and the ruthless destroyers of them he regarded as his enemies. 



With an excellent knowledge of astronomy, on which for 

 years he wrote popular articles, the heavens declared to him the 

 glory of God and the firmament showed His handiwork. Born 

 and reared on the prairies of Iowa, when Iowa was the "the 

 frontier," he grew up close to nature. His soul was full of 

 poetic imagery, and his verses were in every sense real 

 poems. The fire which destroyed both his home and his life 

 took from us a large collection of original verses of which no 

 copies remain. 



Mr. Upp's greatest single achievement was the stamping out 

 in Putnam County of the vote-selling evil, and it well illustrates 

 the power of one determined citizen who is right and who is 

 inspired by a high motive. Alone, single-handed, without 

 financial resources and with no assistance save the publication 

 of his articles in the Carmel newspapers, Mr. Upp set on foot 

 and carried through to success, in 1913, the movement that 

 ended in Putnam County a long-standing disgrace. 



albert gooss. 

 The German rubber industry lost one of its veteran members 

 in the death of Albert Gooss, manager of the United Rubber 

 Goods Manufacturing Co., Harburg-Vienna, which occurred 

 February 22 last. Mr. Gooss was the son of a Hamburg mer- 

 chant and had been actively connected with the rubber industry 

 for the past 47 years, entering it in 1868 as a clerk in the United 

 Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co. In the course of his career 

 he was connected with the Continental company in Hanover, and 

 founded the Saxon-Bohemian Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co. 

 in Dresden. In 1897 Mr. Gooss became manager of the Hanover- 

 Linden Telegraph Works, and when this company was absorbed 

 by the United Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co., in 1898, he re- 

 tained his position as manager of the Linden plant. 



HAROLD L. WAGNER. 



Harold L. Wagner, associated for twelve years with Robinson 

 & Co., crude rubber importers of New York City, died on March 

 24 at his home, 76 Adelphi street, Brooklyn, in his 27th year. 

 Notwithstanding his comparative youth, he was well known in 

 New York rubber circles, and in addition to his business inter- 

 ests was active in the Masonic organization, being a prominent 

 member of one of the Brooklvn lodges. 



John G. Holt, a retired rubber stamp manufacturer, died at 

 his home. 88 Madison street. Brooklyn, New York, March 4, at 

 the age of 58 years. 



Henry H. Sessions, inventor of the vestibule and anti-tele- 

 scoping device used on most railroad passenger trains, and of 

 the air brake and other devices for street cars, died at his 

 home in Chicago, March 21, at the age of 67 years. 



News has been received of the death of Jacob Musly, who for 

 the last 13 years was one of the partners of the firm of W : eise 

 & Co.. rubber dealers of Rotterdam and Amsterdam. 



A new O'Sullivan rubber heel has appeared on the market, 

 for shoes with Louis heels. It is made in black and tan and in a 

 complete run of sizes from 1 to 5, — the first time, according to 

 the manufacturers, that anything of this kind has been attempted. 

 [O'Sullivan Rubber Co., 131 Hudson street, New York.] 



