COACH PANNEL3. 241 



IMPROVED CARRIAGE DASHERS. 



This article is manufactured of caoutchouc whalebone, in one 

 entire piece, made in moulds ; they are stiffened around the 

 edge either by an extra thickness of whalebone, or an iron rim 

 in the same manner as those heretofore made of leather. See 

 plate , fig. 



COACH PANNELS. 



Coach pannels may be advantageously veneered with caout- 

 chouc whalebone, and when the supply of gum-elastic is suffi- 

 cient for such uses, entire coach bodies may be made of the 

 same material with still greater advantages. In this case, the 

 mortices and the tenants which unite the parts will be made of 

 cast iron, inserted while the gum is in a plastic state, and the 

 parts are being moulded. 



