WHEEL-BARUOW TIRE. 279 



MONEY BELTS. 



These are made of coated gum-elastic vellum or coated 

 florence, with the mouth so constructed that they may be made 

 air and water tight, by which means papers and bank notes may 

 be kept safe and dry ; and if well filled, or inflated by means of 

 the small tube which is attached, they answer in good part the 

 purpose of life-preservers. 



TAPE MEASURES. 



These may be cheaply made of gum-elastic vellum, printed in 

 the piece, and cut in strips. Besides the advantage of durability, 

 they possess another, that of being quite inelastic. The desir- 

 ableness of a good cheap article of this sort, is best known to 

 carpenters and tailors. 



WHEEL-BARROW TIRE. 



This is an English invention for preventing the noise of 

 wheel-barrows in ware-houses, at railroad stations, &c. For this 

 purpose, a rim of vulcanized gum-elastic is fastened around the 

 tire of the wheel-barrow. 



