An India Rubber Car Wheel

It bas nlway BeMned as thoagh the ferfeclioii of locomotive luxtiry would Ie rc8ché'l when eilber tbe rai!s or tbe uar Ihc1h wers ïuiüle of rubber. John lladiliii, of Ly.DTl, h::s 1rv.s;i i wbeel n por'.ion of whioh is rubber. Tiie mecLitnitm nd experinjeota are tlms iiecrilud iu the BoMfii Aiwrtittr: Tha wbee] is oost ia thrce parts- tbo bub, the web, and a piale to wbicb tbe bub ibolted. Betwecn tbe axlc mid tlm bub intervcnes a rinjí of solid rubber about tlirce 'niches wiiïe and oneiooh tbick. - The effect of a wbeel made in tliis niaviner ia that a suducn bliw on the ucb ia et mmuuicatcd to tbc rubber and thence to t lio ax'es. It 'u olaimed that tliis wbeol is obeaper, eafor, because lesi li'i blo to braak, umi more oomfortablo ('■ r the passenger. Tlic hot whotl recjaoei the jar to h minimum, nnd one ofin read tricboat the least danger to th oyes. - Goiog aroaod curves the os;i':ition is bardly noticoable, and the sound is doariend so that oonvfirsatioo ccasea o bt.L au L'ff.irt.