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readily in the winter. It requires warm, dry weather in which to 

 lay it down, and it should be well pounded every twenty-four 

 hours for three or four days, or until it is firmly settled. The 

 whole process is very similar to laying a mortar floor in a cellar, 

 and requires about the same attention. I am now just about laying 

 tar pavements thpough the yard and garden, and expect to get 

 shut of grass and weeds in them, and have hard, dry walks at all 

 seasons. Adjourned. 



September 3, 1867. 



Mr. Nathan C. Ely in the chair; Mr. John W. Chambers, Secretary. 



REPORT ON dodge's CEMENT. 



Your committee, to whom was referred the cement for leather, 

 cloth, &c., invented by Theodore A. Dodge, have tested its adhesive 

 power, and beg leave to report their experiments, with the results: 



Having procured a strong strap of such leather as is used for 

 rough bridles, they saw it fairly cemented by Mr. Dodge, with the 

 aid of heat, this having been cut, and the opposite surfaces, previ- 

 ously skivered, for about an inch and a half on each end, and brought 

 in contact with the cement between them. They then, after soak- 

 ing the splice for two days, attached either end of the strap, so 

 spliced, to the tail of a furniture cart, and started the horses in 

 opposite directions. The result was the tearing of the skivered 

 sides through the middle, but leaving the respective ends of the 

 same unloosened. 



Some experiments, instituted by an experienced shoemaker, under 

 their direction, have satisfied your committee, that for patching 

 boots and shoes, this cement would be found quite reliable and 

 useful. 



Upon the whole, your committee are prepared to report this 

 cement as promising, so far as they have been able to test it, to 

 fulfill all that its inventor claims for it, not only in wagon gear- 

 ings, but beltings, such as are used in massive machinery, and they 

 feel warranted in commending it accordingly to those concerned. 



Kespectfully submitted. 



J. E. SNODGRASS, 1 ^ 

 S.EDWARDS TODD, r'^*"'*' 



