78 GOODYEAR ON GUM-ELASTIC. 



INSCRIPTION ON A MEDAL OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE, 

 NEW YORK. 1836. 



" Awarded to Charles Goodyear, for India rubber drapery not 

 liable to decomposition from exposure to the sun." 



INSCRIPTION ON A MEDAL OF THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTE, 

 NEW YORK, 1836. 



" Awarded to Charles Goodyear, for the application of India 

 rubber to printing." 



INSCRIPTION ON A MEDAL OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE, 

 NEW YORK, 1844. 



From the time of obtaining the medals in 1836, no public ex- 

 hibition was made by the writer until 1844, when a general as- 

 sortment of vulcanized fabrics and goods, including harness, 

 shoes, buckets, &c., was exhibited at the fair of the American 

 Institute at New York, for which a gold medal with the follow- 

 ing inscription was awarded : — 



" Awarded to Charles Goodyear, for the best sheet rubber 

 shoes, India rubber cloth, and an assortment of harness, buck- 

 ets, &c." 



INSCRIPTION ON A MEDAL OF THE MECHANICS' ASSOCIATION, 

 BOSTON, 1844. 



"Awarded to Charles Goodyear, for superior India rubber 

 goods." 



