TIRE

outer rim of wheel; iron band shrunk on a cart wheel; steel rim of railway carriage wheels. Term usually | applied to pneumatic tire of cycles and | motor cars; a tube containing compre ed ae oe a cushion bes pete surfaces. 3 e outer cover is made of woven canvas coated with para rubber; the inner tube?|is fitted with a valve which allows air, forced in by a hand or foot pump, to | enter but not to escape. Outer covers | have various devices—ribs, steel or rubber studs, chains, etc.—to prevent |Skidding. The first cycle tires were | thin and ‘solid’; the later ‘cushion’ tires were thick tubes of small bore. Motor-car tires are best repaired by vulcanizing, as friction with the road | tends to loosen cemented patches, See AUTOMOBILES, | town, Asia Minor; trade in raisins. Pop. c. 15,000. 56’ N., 25° 28’ E.), town, on Jalomitza, Rumania: arsenal. Pop. 9,500. era nb ee Here mainte porcelain. Pop. 6,800,: