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To-day's inauguratiee of the first International Commercial Motor Vehicle Exhibition is an historic event. Great Britain was...
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(Continued from page 572.) Last week we referred to the necessity for a high elastic limit in steels subject to severe shock,...
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Reply to the Discussion on Messrs. Hart 81 Durtnall's paper. (Continued from page 544.1 We agree with Mr Parker, that Mr....
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Interesting Constructional Details. No company has done more towards perfecting the details of transmission chains than Hans...
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London, as a manufacturing centre, grows, daily, greater and greater, and with that growth comes a congestion in space, and an...
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Wolverhampton ratepayers want to see the Corporation of that town follow the example of Edinburgh, and adopt halfpenny stages...
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Mowers, Rollers, Steam Wagons, and Tractors. The immediate period preceding the opening ceremony of any exhibition is...
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Exhibit : — Two Water-ballast Rollers. Two of this company's patent waterballast motor rollers, of the latest pat tern, are...
Exhibit:—Lawn Mowers and Separate Engines. This company's exhibit comprises a representative selection of self-propel led...
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Exhibit:—One 6-ton Wagon: one Chassis. This steam vehicle departs from the general practice of manufacturers, in as much as...
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Exhibit :—Vehieles with Flash Generators. The four examples of the company's vehicles on exhibition are the same in mechanical...
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Exhibit:—Two Wagons and Special Change-Gear. The company's 6-ton wagon is intended for use with that load when no trailer is...
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Exhibit : —Two Standard 5-ton Wagons. The two steam wagons on this stand are typical examples of the company's standard type....
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Exhibit :—" H" Type 5-ton Wagon. The principal change in the Leyland steam wagon, since the exhibition of March last, at the...
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Exhibit : —1907 Model Tractor. Being amongst the oldest manufacturers of traction engines and road locomotives, one naturally...
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Exhibit :-2-ton High-speed Wagon. The above-mentioned company is showing one of its new 2-ton steam wagons which has been...
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Exhibit: One 5-ton Wagon : one 5-ton Tractor. On this stand will be found two excellent examples of present-day design and...
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Exhibit:—Standard 5-ton Wagon. The exhibit of this company consists of a standard steam wagon designed to deal with a load of...
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Exhibit :—A Standard 5-ton Steam Wagon. When the famous Chiswick company, John I. Thornycroft and Co., Ltd., in order that it...
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Exhibit —One 5-ton Wagon (loco. type). .Only one of the ,ix vehicles on exhibition is driven by steam power. This is a 5-ton...
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Exhibit :—Compound "Little Giant " Tractor. Messrs, Thsker and Sous are showing one of their " 132 " type compound steam...
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Exhibit: One 5-ton Tractor; One 5-ton Wagon. This well-known flampshire company is exhibiting examples of two of its leading...
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Exhibit:6-ton Wagon with Vertical Engine. This new-type 6-ton wagon has been designed to come within the requirements of the...
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A Method of Saving 25 per cent. of the Fuel Bill. The illustrations on this page and page 620 show the exceedingly simple...
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This journal is the only one which has the confidence to disclose the total of its orders from newsagents and subscribers :...
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Proposed "Olympia" Meet. The Editor, " THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR.' ' Sir :--It has been suggested that Sunday next, the roth...
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By W. Watson, D.Sc., F.R.S. That a strong or " fat " spark is better than a weak one, when used to ignite the charge in a...
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Increased motorbus tariffs came into force in Berlin on March ist. Three of the omnibus company's lines are now run at 15...
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MAGNETIC CLUTCH. — Schuster and Another.--No. 13,068, dated 13th June, 1908.-1n order that the free clutch member may slide...