The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-02-19
A REM RKABLE INVENTION
Z Exhibition of the wCnderfu, virtues
Of a New Water r. pellant

Niw York, February "a new inven
tion his he'n exhibited in this city whicI
is likely tn effect great changes in, if not
revclu;IcniZe, some branches of industry
TIE exhibition was had at No. III. West
ix'eenth street. There were present cS
Secretary McCulloch, Richard Suglcn
Grant OF the Paterson Locomotive Works
f. O. French. General Emerson Op lkyc
David Motfit, of the Little pittsburg Maine
and others
The inventor. d. NJ Lamb. stood at a ia
BILE on winch was Il wash bowl, and he held
a piece of brnadcloth over the bowl on the
palm of Ils left hand and poured Croton
water upon it from pitcher You see,
it does not wet it, he said He passed
the cloth around, and it was found to he
dry. He SUI jected piece of black velvet
to the same operation with the same result.
it did not i sorh any moisture the water,
on striking its silky pile, forming great
globuses and bouncing of like qui k silver.
~ hat claim - sad Mr. Lamb. - is
thar ali fanrcs treated 10y my solution are
rendered absolutely water proof and moth
prout: that II u axes no difference whatever
j. th,lr appearance, and that it can b. an
bH5'i ior cent Il yard.
Tins was an extreme claim II viii
show YOU. he said He took silk hat
from tn mlntle This hat ,,as MT been
thoroughly treated with the solution but
only spoD9cd with it on The outside. but |
have worn ii thr",. gh the rain, snow and
sleet for the last fortnight without any pro-
tcclion, and yon see how it looks" The
hat was passed around. 1t Was as smooth
and lus>y as il just handed down from
hate sh,.lf.
here are two pieces Of silk, cut from
the same piece He said proldcing two
pieces # tlrccy silk Of delicate sky-blue.
"One h IS been treated and the other has
rot. | don know which is which, and
nahody Can tell hy sight, smell, feeling or
any other sense. They weigh the same.
yet you see" and he plaunged them into
the wash bowl. Presently he removed
them and shook them in the air One was
saturated-spOiied forever; the timer was us
dry as if been plugged into an oven. He
took an ostrich feather and plunged it in
the bowl: lifted it out and tipped it in his
fiji gers so that any adherent drops would
~ eff. AL d handed it arOunf. 1t was quite
dry.
de produced piece of lovely pink vel
vet. one of IL e beau iiul ahtline colors, and
poured wafer on it. I he rcsul; was the
same; it jumped off as quickly as possible,
like water from red hot stove Precisely
the same result followed the suhmergence
of lace and iurs that had been trelled
so of lea, her," he said, tlking down
tanned poaskin. This is KID, ne added.
such as ladies boots are made Of Ihung
this over an empty water-pall, III such po
sition that it would hold water, and pour
Ell two quarts into the skin. | let it hang
three days and three nights, and at the
end of hat time it had not leaked drop
and falf minute after poured the water
out of the kid it was as dry as it is now. |
have imprisoned moths with these furs for
a yea y and they would starve if l didn't
give then something to eat that had not
been treated. The furs are untouched
Hereafter there will be no necessity to lock
up furs In summer"
How much do you say it will cost to
subject goods to this treatment 2" asked
spe' tator who had just come in.
"A cent yard, perhaps" he answered
Next TO nothing. Gloves Can I've treated
Tor four cents dozen pairs, SO that they
will never spot or mildew."
Can clething be washed and gloves be
cleaned that have been subjected to your
process %
Yes; just as we'll as before. The solu
ton seems to enter into the fibre and rem
ders all colors absolutely fast Nothing
Will fade that has been treated with the Sc
luton. Fading is produced by the action
81 light or heat on moisture and my goods
asvsr get moist. I boiled piece of figured |
ribbon three aoars, and it was just IS strong
y water repsllant On taking it out as it was
be fore !" "----a-
What claim is this" he added shortly. |