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with an axis of iron. An iron axis three-quarters of an incb 

 thick is driven through a hole half an inch in diameter in the 

 india-rubber roller, and cemented therein with dissolved rubber, 

 "Once passing through is sufficient to expel the water from every 

 part of the cloth, thick or thin. The inventor says that he can 

 wring out a sheet before a, washwoman can get it ready for wring- 

 ing. No guiding is required. A girl of ten years can turn the 

 crank and wring out a washing. It has only been perfected a 

 short time, and it has sold rapidly. In almost every instance 

 where they were left on trial in Middletown they were afterwards 

 purchased. The inventor does not claim the rubber rollers as 

 new, but what he does claim is the use of wooden rollers outside,. 

 or above and below the rubber rollers ; and he has also a claim 

 pending for the clamping process. The wooden rollers press 

 against the rubber rollers above and below, and have a sliding 

 block for the bearing; also a spring that allows the rubber roll- 

 ers to yield. The price of the largest size machine is $10^ 

 intended for hotel usej the next size below, $8; and a small size 

 will be made for $5. 



Mr. Seely. — ^I think this a yerj admirable machine, and suggest 

 that it may be useful for other purposes than wringing. I think 

 it would be good for copying letters ; also for mounting pictures 

 upon cards. There is a great deal of such work done by photo- 

 graphers. It might also make a very good washing machine, by- 

 immersing it in a tub of soap suds and passing the clothes back 

 and forth through the rollers. Successful washing consists in 

 getting soap suds in and soap suds out of the cloth. But rubber 

 will not stand soap or grease ; and even hot water will injure it. 

 Again, I think this machine would be specially applicable to 

 washing photographs. The chemical substances must be removed 

 from photographs or they will fade. Their durability depends 

 upon the extent of the removal of those substances. They are 

 usually washed twelve hours. With this machine they could be 

 as thoroughly cleaned in ten minutes. By passing the photograph 

 through once, you will remove nine-tenths of the noxious material f 

 by repeating it, you will remove ninety-nine-hundredths ; and so on. 



Mr. Dickerman. — I have experimented on the machine as a 

 washing machine, and have found it successful, washing the clothes 

 entirely clean without rubbing. 



Mr. Johnson. — My experience has been that nothing short of 



