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Updated: May 18, 2025
First: We found that Roullier made a mistake in using leather offal, as, in the links of an iron chain, if one link is weak or defective, the whole chain is worthless, so in link belts, if one or two links are weak or made of poor material, the whole belt is affected by them.
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. Mr.
Doniphan passed this way; Kit Carson rode here; the Texans journeyed north along that old road in '62 to return no more. These were but passers-by. The history of the Jornado, of indwellers named and known, begins with six Americans, as follows: Sandoval, a Mexican; Toussaint, a Frenchman; Fest, a German; Martin, a German; Roullier, a Swiss; and Teagardner, a Welshman.
It is generally believed that these belts are of recent invention, but that is an error. They are over thirty years old. Mr. C.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.
Jabez Oldfield, of Glasgow, has the reputation of making the best and most reliable link belt in Great Britain. He has also the reputation of being the originator of these belts. This is, however, an error, the credit of the invention belonging, as we have said, to Mr. Roullier. Mr. Oldfield, nevertheless, has invented many useful machines for cutting and assorting the links.
The leather which Roullier used was stiff, hard, and husky. He believed that the harder the link the greater its tensile strength, but upon actual test this was found to be a fatal error. Our leather links are saturated with a mixture of tallow, neatsfoot oil, etc.
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