The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-09-11


Afterwards he Mr. ,loscyesr, sho Sed como email
piece the bgness ~ tnroe fingers up 70 the big
q . mans hanI H. saii II was lnsde Of the cou-
position which n. thnugbt might he hCnted bcnr
great decree o. hear without being destroyed j
him try 70 heat ways see him hcd them
before the FIRE have seen him lay them hot
stove have ha PSF thsm into n stove " ry hot
indeed what zee bin experiment. appeared TO be
spoiled thereby THAI saS ny opinion Once twice
see Mr. Goodyear hod piece or two or three pieces
foot, foot and halt before the Ore in order
them that way; ett the room and went out Of
the room whilst h. cutting them on account Of the
dsagretahle smell should think this in the year
1870 be brought the pSes out aud thres them on TO
the grass near where tood he said he couldn't
them right; heard 81 tnelr experiment. ing after this
DIT GOODYEAR aud hr Hayward in various ways, similar
70 those described before should think in ls4 about
the middle OF summer. July or August see or
Goodyear experimenting 70 heat trying 70 heat shoes
with hot sand the sand vas On iron trough furnace
beneath it. and the sand heated very hot iuueed ne
put the ehoes into the sand. ana spoued them au
as soon thy went INTO the sand the shoes
being bisered in from the size OF pea up 20 the
end OF my finger ksc min Why be experimental in
such 9 way 10 spoil b. GOODS be said he did not know
how; he could not hut item them, and he had
hired Mr. Hay ward long tme to ex perimont and he
Mr. H., could not, or womb n9t (thems the words he
said invent any say whereby the goods could be
though they might be currd then he says-@by your
talk should think Che says that you thought it was an
easy matter TO cure th.ni and wish you would invent
some means or way. VII reby they might be heated
cured " then he says viii you'n Ny was, that
could not work AT IL all day, my business such;
then he ssked me. III would part OF the day. told
him might work six hours day, three In tho forenoon
and three in the AFTERNOON; then he says, II will give
you dollar for each or for ever six hours and IL
you invent any ehrhs they may be heated ured
will make you hand. present. the time fixed upon
for TO commence he next Monday; he said he
wanted expsrim, IN small brick building that
stood the factory make such alterations his
own expense as fit hs said there goods in the
shop that were prepared for heating you take them
whenever you fit Mr Hay ward will be there, and if
them don't suit yon TO experiment. upon you take
rubber that is ready dissolved whitehead and sulphur
ana and proportion u you see 1T mix il together,
he said, and spr. al piece of cloth with
knife l think That all the conversation
had at that time; he tft then; this was all the con-
gersation that took place he time he eKpe-
rimeutirg with heated and this conversation ali took
place within hour two; TO the factory to
see M. Hayward AZ the lime appointed and told him
had come 10 the factory to work for Mr. Goodyear; he
said Mr.. Goodyear had gone away, and there not
work enough for the hands there; told him l did not
calculate 10 work in the factory; took pieces Of
rubber for the purpose heatipg did not say to Mr.
Hayward what I gong do with them and took
the pieces Of rubber home with and tried expert
ments in stove oven undertook 70 experiment in
the day time At first in where my vito was; she
said she wouldn have II il the house way the smell
disaereesbe; afterwards experimental in the
evening after he had gone TO bed experimental along
shoud think it eight twelve times; put the articles
into the when Il very hot; they all blisered
and spoiled after trying that number of times put the
rubber into the stove when the stove most cold
barely warm and LAID it some sticks; then under
took TO make some ire but failed the shaying burned
out without the wood burning much; put in the
shavinss several times before got the wood to burn,
thus heating the stove gradually looked at the pieces
Of rubber that in the and found sort of
that eFaPorsted from the rubber in less quantity than
when the stove was very hot; The fire burned and
heated the stove gradually TOOK stick and put the
rubber it, the stick outside of the oven
little ways and shut he DOR of the and kept the
rubber moving a. the heat ncreased heated the stove
very hot and then took he rubber out and found to
have vensurface being smooth without blisters.
After that tried TO satisfy myself and put the rubber
in when very bot aud it would spoil at sl times
that tried it; and INK wise to prove that the right why
by raising the heat gadu ly tried il times
in that war, and succeeded peri city.
When Dir Goodyear came home a few days (say two
or three after made this discovery aud when met
he ss Il very much disappointed that you have net
expeume as Won agreed tor had not told any
that time that hsd experimental ALL then told
him that had exp rimeDted. He says how long?" I
him wha. call twelve days seventy
two hours and told him that hal effected what wished
to, and what he wished 20 have me- then gave him o
description OF my experimenting before mentioned as
have described TO him He aid he glad Of it. and
gave him description how to make an oven and what
machinery 20 put in it.
That machine that he might put his goods upon,
and cause it TO revolre and keep it in motion and de-
scrbed in particular that he might let the end of the
shaft run Mt Of the oven acpg wheel on the end of
IT. to which band be attached and connected with
the machinery of the mill TO cause it to revolve.
That was the origin of the only process that Mr..
Goodyear described. His difficulty was, that the
goods blistered when subjected to heat, Beers
solyed the problem by exposing them to a low de-
gree Of heat, rising gradually to the vulcanizing
point and that fact discovered, the invention
was complete 1t came forth perfect in all its
parts-as perfect as it is at this day.
Such is the history given by Mr.. Beers-a person
ploynsnt of the other side. who had been in their
service from 1886 and who has been known TO them
for q period oe nearly twenty years This man. up
to this very hour, patronized and acknowledged by
them il the witness who testified to this important
fact. IL Goodyear. claiming to be the patentee,
had brought aston against Beers for infringing
his patent and the facts now before the Court had
been proved,< the plaintiff must have failed. Beers
declared that Hayward was aware Of what he had
done, ard though the latter was, subsequently,
mined as witness, be did not attempt to deny or
explain what Mr.. Beers had expressly testified to.
The testimony of Beers is corroborated by Mrs.
Coilamore, who proves the facts with great parti-
cularty and precision, and, through n long cross
examination, confirmed her direct examination,
and the testimony of Beers in all its branches.
II is said that Professor Silliman, in 1899, gave
a certificate to Mr.. Goodyear, that piece Of rubber,
alleged to have been cured by him, had been placed
between two cakes of ice, and had withstood the
cold. / have no doubt, of course, that that event
did take place; but how was this rubber cured
II is proved distinctly. throughout the whole case,
that Goodyear and Hayward had been trying expe-
riments by immersipg the rubber in boiling fluids,
and covering the compound by means of hot acids
As early as 1883 the process Of curing rubber by
immersion in boiling fluids communicated to
Goodyear by Nash Goodyear then claimed that,
as Mr.: Mash was in his employment, he not only
hired Nash, but his brains-and that his genius
was also his property However that may be, it is
sufficient at present, that Nash did cure rubber;
and whether the piece exhibited TO Professor Sill
man was made by hi. method, which was then en-
gaging the attention OF Goodyear is the only in
9uiTy. 1t is remarkable, that the plaintiffs has
withheld al proof upon the subject, and yet il
most material TO have shown where this rubber
was cured who cured it, and how it was done
Does not the absence. on the part OF the plaintiff,
Of any attempt to identify it, show that It not
advisable 10 dc so. Why was SO msterial and es-
sential part ofthe case purposely omitted
Upon the question Of the discovery of curing
rubber also refer to Mr.. Pratt, whose testimony
has been received upon the pon Of the triple COM
pound, and IL witnesses gho corrobora.e BIN. The
proof IT, that be cured rubber by the application Of
high degree OF beat ss carly as 1886, when manu-
featuring hats in the city Of New York. Those
were extensively sold aud were made Of vulcanized
rubber. He manufactured six dozen day for
long time, and suppied the market. have men
toned that he boiled egge ia these rubber hats, By
which be ascertained the effect Of boiling water
upon them. His room was about ten feet square /;
II lsthed and pesteIed, or the plaster was put