CONTENTS. 13 



CHAPTER X. 



MAKUFACTUEE OF VULCANIZED GUM-ELASTIC. 



Steam and water-power. Capital. Machinery. Cutting and washing machine. Compounding. 

 Crushing and grinding machine. Warming machine. Spreading. Manufacture by dissolving. 

 Manipulation. Heating. Solarization. Curing or tanning. Cleansing the goods. Peforating. 

 Napping. Embossing. Japanning, bronzing, printing with type, copperplate, blocks, litho- 

 graphy, &c. Gilding. Plating. Cording. Thread cutting. Shirring. Moulding. Hollow- 

 ware moulds. Concluding remarks ; page 149 



• CHAPTER XL 



HEATED, OE VULCANIZED EABEICS. 



Metallic gum-clastic, the name first given by the author to his invention. Why so termed. 

 Printed fabrics bound in volumes. An enumeration of the principal variety of fabrics. Easy 

 combination of the gum with other substances. A table showing the uses of the metallic 

 gum, as substitutes. Instructions for making up the fabrics after they are metallized or vulcan- 



■ ized. Elastic compound. Non-elastic compound. Stayed compound. Drapery. Medicated 

 drapery. Caoutchouc cloths. Sponge. Tufted sponge. Sponge fabric. Fibrous fabrics. 

 Tissue. Vellum. Plated fabrics. Felt, or vegetable leather. Corded fabrics. Barred goods. 

 Knit goods. Shirred goods. Packing. Gritted goods. Napped goods. Embossed fabrics. 

 Ventilated goods. Quilted fabrics. Perforated goods. Card cloths. Coated cloths. Porous 

 fabrics. Indelible goods. Japanned goods. Hollow ware. Cord ware. Wire-work. Wicker- 

 work. Air-work. Elastic cord. Braided cord. Elastic cordage. Covered cordage. Vellum 

 cord. Sponge cord. Hard compounds. Caoutchouc enamel. Caoutchouc ivory. Caoutchouc 

 buck-horn. Caoutchouc whalebone. Caoutchouc deal boards. Caoutchouc veneers. Enam- 

 eled ware p. 177 



CHAPTER XII. 



PLANS OF THE INVENTOR 



The author adopts the plan of granting licenses to manufacturers, who stamp all articles made 

 under the various patents with the author's name. Advantages and disadvantages resulting 

 from the plan adopted. Remarks on the want of security to inventors by the present patent 

 laws. New articles to be presented to the public. The utility of these articles in the advance- 

 ment of education, and preservation of life, health and property p. 225 



CHAPTER XIII. 



INTENTIONS AND PATENT LAWS. 

 Patents and patent laws p. 235 



