April 1, 1915.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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printer'.-, art. There are many illustrations, one giving a 



bird's eye view of the mammoth mills of the c pany, said 



to be the largest india rubber manufacturers in the British 

 Empire. 



A NEW WALPOLE CATALOG. 



Early in March distribution was made of a catalog and 

 I'm i list of manufactures of the Walpole Tire & Rubbei Co., 

 of Walpole, Massachusetts. Insulating materials — tapes, 

 liquids and compounds — form the important feature of the 

 catalog, the compain having specialized in this line since tak- 

 ing up its manufacture in 1892, having as its aim high and 

 permanent dielectric strength in this product rather than 

 initial insulation resistance. An interesting page is devoted 

 to the manufacture of insulating tape. Directions are gi\en 

 for the use and application of certain materials. 



This company also manufactures a wide variety of molded 

 rubber goods, claiming for them the same high standard of 

 quality offered in its insulating materials. Soft rubber bush- 

 ings lor cables and motor leads are illustrated, in addition 

 to springs and bumpers for brakes, car seats, etc., coil 

 cushions, gaskets, valves, etc. Corrugated rubber matting 

 is listed, in thicknesses from 1/16 to | .. inch, in rolls of 50 

 yards or less, and rubber mats in diameters from 7 to 18 

 inches. A photograph of the plant at Walpole where these 

 various products are turned out occupies the first page of 

 the book. 



OLD MAN MILEAGE CALENDAR. 



The accompanying cut illustrates a new calendar being dis- 

 tributed by the Republic Rubber Co.. of Youngstown, Ohio. 

 This calendar is of the desk variety, a cardboard cut-out sup- 

 ported by a back rest and having a small calendar pad. The 

 figures represent "Old Man Mileage" — less familiarly known 

 as E. Normous Mileage — the 

 quaint character adopted by 

 this company for use in all its 

 advertising, and his dog 

 "Stag," posed beside one of 

 the familiar Staggard tread 

 tires. This group in colors 

 makes an attractive display 

 and is now being used as part 

 of the stage setting in a certain 

 popular vaudeville act. 



NEW BEACON FALLS PRICE LIST. 



The Beacon Falls Rubber 

 Shoi Co., of Beacon Falls, 

 Connecticut, issued on March 

 1 its new price list on "Top 

 Notch" rubber footwear. This 

 is a booklet of 40 pages. 4 x 

 5J4 inches in size, and all but 

 five of these 40 pages being il- 

 lustrated with from one to five 

 cuts. High boots are given 

 first place in the list, followed 

 by the usual lace and buckle 

 varieties and the rubber overs 

 for men, women and children. 



colnr. I he patented ribbed legs and the heavy rough rubber 

 strip next to the sole are special "Top Notch" features, and 

 red soles are conspicuous in the descriptions. 



THE EDITOR'S BOOK TABLE. 



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Three pages at the hack of 

 the book are occupied by descriptions and cuts showing sport 

 shoes — basketball, gymnasium, yachting, tango and tennis. 

 Prices are quoted net, and the terms are stated in detail. 



The March issue of "R-U-B-B-E-R," the house organ pub- 

 lished monthly by the company, describes the "Top Notch" 

 boot as "the lightest, strongest and longest wearing boot on 

 the market," the new process of curing the heavy goods in 

 the line being credited with putting twice the strength and 

 lasting qualities into them and giving them a natural rubber 



INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY. A MANUAL FOR iHE STI DENT AND 

 Manufactu ei I dited b) ' Pratt Institute, Brooklyn (in 



collaboration with 36 scientific wri ers familiar with as many different 



department! oi chemistry) S I Edition, thoroughly revised and 



enlarged, D. Van Nostrand & Co., New York. [Large octavo, 1,005 

 . .1115 ilustrations. Price $5 net.] 



A S its name implies, this volume covers practically the -.- 

 ** range ii chemistry. The feature that will be of special 

 interest to rubber manufacturers and chemists is chapter 

 34, "Rubber and Allied (amis," by Frederic Dannerth. Dr. Dan 

 nerth, it will be remembered, was Honorary Secretary of the 

 Rubber Congress, held in New York, in the fall of 1912, in con- 

 nection with the Third International Rubber Exposition, and 

 he has contributed mori oi less regularly for several years to 

 the literature of rubber chemistry. 



Twentj five years ago il would have been impossible to pro- 

 duce a book like this — the work of such a large number of 

 specialists. Al that time if a manufacturer wanted information 

 on chemical matters he was very likely to resort to the in 

 college ami get mto conference with the professor of chemistry 



or Ins assistants anil to la\ before them the problem that '-'il 

 fronted him. In this way tin college professor of chemistry in 

 many instances developed a fairly lucrative practice as an expert 

 in the chemical qui tnected with the various indu 



Bui since thai lime the scienci "i industrial chemistry ha- en 

 joyed a greal development and become a distinct and recognized 

 profession, until now every important branch of industry can 

 boast of a large number of specialists who devote their whole- 

 attention to the chemistry of that particular branch. That makes 

 it possible today for the editor of such a book as "Industrial 

 1 hemistry" to bring to his assistance specialists of recognized 

 standing in all the different industries in which chemistry plays 

 any part. 



In the 20 pages allotted in this volume to the chemistry of 

 rubber Dr. Dannerth has succeeded in covering a great deal of 

 ground. He starts with the botany of rubber, mentions its 

 geography, describes the extent of its commerce and devotes 

 a number of interesting paragraphs to plantation development 

 He then takes up as thoroughly as space will permit the chem 

 ical characteristics of crude rubber. He also covers briefly the 

 subjects of reclaimed rul i mic fillers, mineral fillers and 



solvents lie discusses the process of coagulating, describes and 

 illustrates with a number of halftone cuts the methods of 



ing, milling, mixing calendering rubber, explains tl i cj 



of vulcanization and gives a list of the more important articles 

 manufactured from rubber. He also succeeds, in a few words, 

 in giving i id idea of what has I" in the way of 



synthetic production of rubber Me adds brief paragraphs on 

 balata. jelutong and chicle. The author has shown gieat skill 

 m getting so much information in so few pa; 



There an I ei chapters in the book which will interest many 

 rubber manufacturers: for instance, those on "Oils, Fats and 

 Waxes," ]i> Carleton Ellis; "Resins and Oleo-Resins," by Allen 

 Rogers; 'Shellac." by A. C. Langmuir; "Gums and Gelatin," 

 by Jerome Alexander, and "Casein," by E. L. Tague. 



GERMANY RESTRICTING USE OF AUTOMOBILES TO SAVE TIRES. 



By an order issued by the Bundesrat. Berlin, beginning March 

 IS all automobiles must have new- licenses, and licenses will be 

 issued only whin it is proven that public necessity for them 

 exists. This order will probably reduce by at least one-half the 

 number of automobiles in use in that country for other than 

 military purposes, the object being to curtail as much as possible 

 the consumption of rubber tires, gasolene and lubricating oils. 



