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70 GOODYEAR ON GUM -ELASTIC. 



EWERS AND WASH-BOWLS. 



The liability of these articles to be broken, when made of 

 earthen, particularly where they are used on board ship, in 

 hotels, and in all situations where water may be left to freeze 

 in the ewers, renders the application of gum-elastic to their 

 manufacture very desirable ; they may be made either of caout- 

 chouc whalebone or ivory. 



PITCHERS AND TUMBLERS. 



Sportsmen's cups of different kinds, and portable or flexible 

 pitchers of gum-elastic compound, have been described else- 

 where in this work, but the articles here referred to, which it is 

 supposed may be found useful, ai-e made of caoutchouc whale- 

 bone. They are not liable to be broken, and there does not 

 appear to be any particular objection in their use. 



WATER-BUCKETS. 



Are manufactured of caoutchouc whalebone or board, with a 

 hoop of wood or iron around the top covered with the same 

 material. These buckets are not only useful in many cases 

 for vessels, for the camp, and the garden, but also for the 

 kitchen. 



PORTABLE WATER-BUCKETS 



Are made of gum-elastic felt or vegetable leather, stayed around 

 the top with a covered hoop of wood or iron, in the same way 



