190 GOODYEAR ON GUM-ELASTIC. 



TISSUE. 



Tissue is formed of a layer of cotton wool, which is sized 

 before it is coated with gum. The dissolved gum is combined 

 with it by the spreading machine, which makes a complete 

 admixture of the two articles. The fibre of the cotton is not 

 broken, as in the manufacture of paper, and it is, therefore, very 

 much stronger, and when corded, stronger than woven fabrics 

 of the same weight. 



Knowing the very low cost at which this fabric will be 

 ultimately manufactured, the inventor does not hesitate to ad- 

 vance the opinion, that in the course of a few years it will be 

 used instead of the more costly kinds of paper ; and occasionallyj 

 if not ordinarily, for the issuing of mammoth sheets, placards, 

 handbills, &c. ; after having been used for such a purpose, the 

 printing may be removed by boiling in a strong solution of pot- 

 ash or common lye. The owner of such an article would 

 have goods suitable for a lady's apron, a cape, the covering for 

 an umbrella, or some other useful article. It might be re-orna- 

 mented, or it might serve again its original use. Tissue has, 

 therefore, an intrinsic value, which paper has not. Its adapta- 

 tion to the printing of pocket maps, school atlases and globes, is 

 already beginning to be well understood ; and for the papering 

 of walls, particularly in damp situations, its advantages are too 

 obvious to need comment. The same remark may be made of it 

 for the covering of paper bandboxes. It is like drapery, useful 

 as a substitute for oil silk. To suggest the idea that it may be 

 made useful for ladies' capes, bonnets, hoods, and also for rib- 

 bons, may appear absurd to some who do not yet understand 

 the high state of perfection to which the manufacture is destined 

 to be brought ; and yet it is evident that some of these articles 

 must be desirable in stormy weather. Tissue is perhaps the 

 most useful of all the fabrics, in a warm climate, as a protection 

 from rains ; and also when napped, it is equally well adapted for 

 that use in cold chmates. 



