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Absorption of sulphur process[100]
Absorption of water by india rubber[31]
Africa, ways of collecting rubber sap[15–17]
Analysis of sap of india rubber tree[27]
Apparatus for stamp making[61–63]
Artists’ burned rubber[136–137]
Balloons[95]
Bands, india rubber[41]
Bicycle tyre cement[125]
Blacking, india rubber[142]
Borax and water solution of rubber[106–107]
Brazil, ways of collecting sap[20–21]
Bromine as vulcanizer[100]
Bulbs, how made[92–93]
Burned rubber, artists’[136–137]
Calendering[43]
Cane tips[90]
Caoutchin[30]
Caoutchoucin[30]
Caoutchouc, (see [India Rubber].)
Cements[125–128]
Clamp for vulcanizing press[52]
Cohesion of rubber, its importance to the manufacturer[26–27]
Cold curing[100–102]
Composition for stamps and its moulding[113–120]
Composition inking pad[118–119]
Composition stamp handle[117–118]
Cord, rubber[92]
Corks[90–91]
Curing[44]
Curing, how to judge of completion of[70]
Curing in liquid bath[97]
Curing in sulphur bath[99]
Curing, temperature of[58]
Central America, ways of collecting rubber[18–19]
Chair leg tips[90]
Chalk plates[83–84]
Chlorine as vulcanizer[100]
Chloroform as a solvent[105]
Coagulation of sap by a plant[19]
Coagulation of sap by alum[22–23]
Coagulation of sap by fire[21–22]
Coagulation of sap by salt[18]
Cohesion of pure rubber[25]
Dating stamps, composition[116–117]
Didot’s polytype for matrices[82–83]
Distillation products of india rubber[29–30]
Dolls, how made[92–93]
Ebonite[108–111]
Ebonite, polishing[110–111]
Emery wheels and whetstones[139–140]
Emulsion of caoutchouc[10]
Etching[140–142]
Fins, removal of[86]
Flask for type moulding[74]
Flong matrices[80–82]
Flong paste[80]
Fluid for mixing with plaster for matrices[55]
Gas heated steam vulcanizer[53]
Glue, marine[126]
Glue stamps[113–120]
Glycerine bath for curing[97]
Goodyear, Charles[13–14]
Gutta-percha[111–112]
Gutta-percha, moulding[111–112]
Gutta-percha, vulcanizing[111]
Hektograph, composition[121–122], [124]
Hektograph, how made and used[121–124]
Hektograph ink (also see [inks])[121]
Hektograph sheets[124]
India Rubber, absorption of water by[31]
India rubber, African[15–17]
India rubber, artists’ burned[136–137]
India rubber, availability for small articles[85]
India rubber, cohesion of unvulcanized[25]
India rubber, composition of[27]
India rubber, discovery of, etc.[11–13]
India rubber, effects of temperature on[28–29]
India rubber, elasticity of[29], [33]
India rubber sap, its coagulation[11]
India rubber sheet, how made[40]
India rubbers, original way of making[10]
India rubber stamp making without apparatus[71]
India rubber stamps, home-made mould[48–50]
India rubber stamps, starting point[47]
India rubber, trees producing[9]
India rubber tree sap, analysis of[27]
India rubber type[73]
India rubber, vulcanized, general properties of[32–33]
India rubber, where collected[11]
India rubber, inelastic, how made[31]
India rubber, its mastication[38–40]
India rubber, manufacture of[35–46]
India rubber, necessity of drying[38]
India rubber, points to be followed in moulding small articles[85]
India rubber, preliminary operations in manufacturing[35–36]
India rubber, preserving, etc.[134–135]
India rubber, properties of[28]
India rubber sap[9–11]
India rubber stamp vulcanizing[58–60]
Inelastic state of india rubber[31]
Inks, special for stamping, etc.[129–133]
Iodine and haloid vulcanizers[100]
Isoprene[30]
Leaves, skeletonized as models[92]
Liquid bath curing[97]
Machine for cutting sheet and threads[40]
Machine for making mixed sheet[42–43]
Machine for masticating[38–40]
Machine for washing and sheeting[37]
Mackintosh[13]
Mackintoshes, how made[45–46]
Marshmallow root for mixture with plaster[57]
Masticated rubber, its easy solution[103–104]
Masticating in mortar with benzole[103–104]
Mastication of rubber[38–40]
Materials mixed with india rubber[43]
Matrices, various kinds of, for stamps[80–84]
Matrix for stamp-making[54–55]
Matrix making by casting[56–57]
Matrix press[56]
Matrix, process of making, for stamps[54–55]
Mats[91–92]
Metals, welding and cohesion of[25–26]
Miscellaneous[134–142]
Mixed sheet[42–44]
Mixed sheet for stamps[47–48]
Mould, home-made for stamps[48–50]
Moulding and curing stamps[58–60]
Moulds for composition stamps, temperature of[120]
Moulds, material for[86]
Naptha and volatile solvents, danger of[107]
Naptha, solvent[104–105]
Nicaragua, ways of collecting sap[19–20]
Nitric acid as vulcanizer[100]
Oil for composition stamp moulds[119–120]
Oil for mould face[55]
Oils fixed bad effect on solutions[105]
Oxychloride of zinc cement for matrices[57]
Papier maché matrices[80–82]
Paraffin and rubber[105–106]
Parkes’ process[100–102]
Payen’s solvent[105]
Pencil tips, moulds for[89–90]
Phenyle sulphide as softener of vulcanized rubber[106]
Plaster, dental for matrices[54]
Press for moulding stamps, etc.[51–52]
Press, gas-heated[52–53]
Press, home-made[49]
Press, matrix making[55–56]
Products, general division of[35–36]
Rods, stirring for laboratory[95]
Rubber, origin of name[12]
Rubber, see [India Rubber]
Salt bath for curing[98]
Sap of india rubber tree, analysis of[27]
Sheeting and washing[37–38]
Sheet rubber, how made[40]
Sheet rubber, its joining[94]
Shellac for strengthening matrix[55]
Shoes, blacking for[142]
Shoes, india rubber, cement for[127]
Siphonia, origin of name[11]
Solution, different views of[31–32]
Solution, difficulties of[103]
Solvents for rubber[104–105]
Spring chase for matrices[56]
Springs for stamp moulds[51]
Springs on moulding press[51]
Sponge india rubber[137]
Stamp making[47]
Stamps, rubber, substitute for[138]
Stamps, see [India Rubber], Composition and general titles.
Strauss’ method of coagulating sap[22–23]
Suction discs, regular mould for[88–89]
Suction discs, simple mould for[87–88]
Sulphides, alkaline as vulcanizers[100]
Sulphur, absorption process[100]
Sulphur bath for mixing and curing[98–100]
Sulphur chloride process[100–102]
Sulphur, how mixed with gum[43]
Sulphur, its escape from vulcanized rubber[33–34]
Sunlight excluded from washed sheet rubber[38]
Syringes made by Indians[11]
Test for curing with knife[48]
Thread, rubber, cut[41]
Thread, rubber, moulded[92]
Tissues, coated, how made[45–46]
Tubes, connecting glass[96]
Tube, seamless[92]
Turpentine, a solvent for vulcanized rubber[106]
Turpentine compared with caoutchoucin[30]
Turpentine, viscid nature of solution[104–105]
Type, india rubber[73]
Type moulding flask[74]
Type and stamps from vulcanized rubber[77]
Type, cutting apart[75]
Type, points in moulding[75]
Type, quads, and spaces for stamp models[71–72]
Type, steel moulds for[76]
United States composition stamps[113–120]
Varnish shellac for india rubber[137–138]
Vulcanite[108–111]
Vulcanization, its two steps[42]
Vulcanization, steps in process[47–48]
Vulcanized rubber stamps and type[77]
Vulcanizer[52–53]
Vulcanizer, fish kettle as a[69–70]
Vulcanizer, flower pot[68–70]
Vulcanizer, chamber[63]
Vulcanizing and moulding stamps[58–60]
Washing and sheeting[37–38]
Water absorbed by india rubber[31]
Waterproof composition for shoes[142]
Waterproofing for battery cells[127–128]
Zinc, chloride[57]