Word: rubbers
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Ernest Renshaw wishes to acknowledge the receipt of a racquet strung with india rubber strings. Owing to the absence of any name he has been unable to express his thanks to the donor. He also regrets he is not able to form any opinion of the value of the invention, as only two strings remained in the racquet when he received it. - Pastime...
...serious objection to all garments such as rubber overcoats and mackintoshes, intended to keep out the wet, is that from their imperviousness they also keep in the warm vapor which should escape from the body, and condensing it, soaks the underclothing with moisture...
...snow" changed to slush. There are four things a Harvard man should not bo without, for they are essential to his college career, if he would have that career a successful one. He needs money to pay his bills, brains to get his degree, and a stout pair of rubber boots that may be strapped over his shoulders to save his life. The college, moreover, in connection with the Hospital on Holmes, should set up two or three life-saving stations, say in front of Memorial, near Weld, and between Thayer and University...
William Pennell, of the University of Pennsylvania gymnasium, declares that rubber soled shoes are bad for the feet, but he will not prohibit their use in the gymnasium. He recommends light canvass shoes, with leather soles...
...being cut up into blocks on the side which touches the lens. The surface of the tar is coated, in turn, with bees-wax, which, by mild heat and pressure upon the surface of the glass, also acquires the exact curve of the lens. With this bees-wax, rubber, and very fine rouge, the polishing is done...