India rubber world . I STORAGE TAf The London Cyclist mentions a motor cycle that has beenrun for 5570 miles with only one tire puncture, and several oth-ers which had gone from 1500 to 2700 without mishaps to thetires. Mention is made also of motor cycle tires which hadgone for a surprisingly long time without reinflation—up to sixmonths in one case. Motor tires stand up well in this respect,the Cyclist says, because the inner tubes are thick, approachingmore nearly than bicycle tires to being actually airtight, 236 THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [April THE OBITUARY RECORD. JOHN WOOD KNOTT, wh
India rubber world . I STORAGE TAf The London Cyclist mentions a motor cycle that has beenrun for 5570 miles with only one tire puncture, and several oth-ers which had gone from 1500 to 2700 without mishaps to thetires. Mention is made also of motor cycle tires which hadgone for a surprisingly long time without reinflation—up to sixmonths in one case. Motor tires stand up well in this respect,the Cyclist says, because the inner tubes are thick, approachingmore nearly than bicycle tires to being actually airtight, 236 THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [April THE OBITUARY RECORD. JOHN WOOD KNOTT, who for several years had been incharge of the European depot of the United States Rub-ber Co., died on March 14 in London, in which city he was bornabout forty years ago, and where he was educated and spenthis business life. After having been engaged for some time in connection withthe Europeanagency of theAmerican Tobac-co Co., he wasplaced in chargeof the Londonbranch of the Bos-ton Rubber ShoeCo., conducting itsaffairs so satisfac-torily that afterthe merger withthe United StatesRubber Co. he wasmade their agentfor Europe, withoffices at 47. Farr-ingdon stieet, Mr. Knottjohn w. knott. proved to be a man of capacity and his energy in seeking to build up the busi-ness in his care was rewarded with marked success, as shownby the increased sale of American rubber footwear in had enjoyed the best of health until within two or threeweeks of his death, when he was found to be suffering fromblood poisoning, after which he was attacked b
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