FLOORCLOTH  , a rough See also:

• FLANNEL

flannel See also:

• CLOTH

cloth used for domestic cleaning; also a generic See also:

• TERM

term applied to a variety of materials used in See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of carpets for covering floors, and known by such See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade names as kamptulicon, oil-cloth, linoleum, corticine, See also:

• CORK
• CORK (perhaps through Sp. corcha from Lat. cortex, bark, but possibly connected with quercus, oak)
• CORK, RICHARD BOYLE

cork-See also:

• CARPET

carpet, &c . Kamptulicon (Ka).ar6s, flexible, obXos, thick) was patented in 1844 by E . See also:

• GALLOWAY
• GALLOWAY, JOSEPH (1731-1803)
• GALLOWAY, THOMAS (1796-1851)

Galloway, but did not attract much See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention till about 1862 . It was essentially a preparation of indiarubber masticated up with ground cork, and rolled out into sheets between heavy See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam-heated rollers, sometimes over a backing of See also:

• CANVAS

canvas . Owing to its expensiveness, it has given place to cheaper materials serving the same purpose . Oil-cloth is a coarse canvas which has received a number of coats of thick oil paint, each coat being rubbed smooth with See also:

• PUMICE (Lat. purnex, spumex, spuma, froth)

pumice See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone before the application of the next . Its See also:

• SURFACE

surface is ornamented with patterns printed in oil See also:

• COLOURS, MILITARY

colours by means of wooden blocks . Linoleum (linum, See also:

• FLAX

flax, oleum, oil), patented by F . See also:

• WALTON, BRIAN (1600-1661)
• WALTON, IZAAK (1593-1683)

Walton in 186o and 1863, consists of oxidized See also:

• LINSEED

linseed oil and ground cork . These ingredients, thoroughly incorporated with the addition of certain gummy and resinous matters, and of See also:

• PIGMENTS (Lat. pigmentum, from pingere, to paint)

pigments such as ochre and See also:

• OXIDE

oxide of See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron as required, are pressed on to a rough canvas backing between steam-heated rollers . Patterns may be printed on its surface with oil paint, or by an improved method may be inlaid with coloured See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition so that the colours are continuous through the thickness of the linoleum, instead of being on the surface only, and thus do not disappear with See also:

• WEAR

wear . Lincrusta-Walton is a similar material to linoleum, also having oxidized linseed oil as its See also:

• BASE

base, which is stamped out in embossed patterns and used as a covering for walls .