Abstract
DR. FISHER's small work is a model of excellent compression. Avoiding side issues and technical minutiæ, the book gives a clear, accurate and balanced picture of the development and present state of rubber science and technology. All the usual topics of a popular descriptive work of this kind on rubber are present. There are chapters on early history, sources of crude rubber, the plantation industry, crude rubber itself-its nature, properties, compounding and manipulation in the various manufacturing processes. Novelties arising out of the relatively less familiar processes of latex manufacture are not omitted. There is a revealing outline of the main types of vulcanized rubber articles, and a few pages on synthetic rubbers and on the chemical derivatives of crude rubber bring the discussion into the most recent trends of development of the industry. Dr. Fisher has had seventeen years experience with the large American rubber companies and, as he states, extensive experience in lecturing to student groups ; from these experiences he has compounded the correct ingredients for a popular work remarkably well. Good illustrations add interest for the lay reader.
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