CHAPTER II. 



CARPETINGS, TENTS, AND AWNINGS. 



Carpetings. Floor-cloths. Mosaic carpeting. Sponge carpet. Crumb-cloths. Tent carpets. 

 Tents. Single tents. Tent fly. Awnings. Roofing. 



CARPETINGS. 



The utility and economy of this substance for a variety of 

 carpetings, has been proved beyond a question, and no objection 

 whatever has been found to them, except that which may, in 

 some cases, be made to the odor of the gum. 



To numbers who have used them, this has not been found an 

 objection, particularly where the goods have had some months' 

 age before they were put to wear. 



The plated and fibrous fabrics are specially recommended for 

 the different kinds of carpeting, because the gum does not peel 

 from them, and likewise because these goods are so inelastic 

 that they do not stretch and become loose, or crack, Hke the 

 ordinary floor-cloths. 



Gum-elastic is particularly adapted to resist that kind of fric- 

 tion to which carpeting is exposed. To illustrate this fact 

 it is only necessary to allude to the durability of the soles of 

 the overshoes, and to the report of some experiments that were 

 made to test the wear of vulcanized gum-elastic, as compared 

 with iron, which are stated, page 



