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M. Roullier, of Paris, experimented that long ago with small
leather links one and one-half inches long by three-quarters of an inch
wide. These links had two small holes at equal distances apart, and were
joined with iron bolts, which were riveted at the ends, thus making a
perfectly flat surface, and in that way forming a belt entirely of
leather links.
Mr. Roullier's idea was to economize; he therefore utilized the material
left over from the manufacture of flat belting. He perfected his belt
and came to this country in 1862, when he patented the article here and
tried to introduce it. At first it produced quite a sensation, and many
tests were made, but it was soon found that Roullier's belts were not
suited to running our swift motion machinery, and they were therefore
abandoned as impracticable.
Mr. Roullier then introduced his invention into England, where he met
with some success, as his belt was better suited to English slow motion
machinery.
These belts are now largely used in England, many good improvements have
been made in them, and almost every belt maker in Great Britain
manufactures them.
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