tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48741764342947822962024-03-14T06:40:20.134-04:00The Horseless AgeAn account of news of interest to the MotoristAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07725972921319438115noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874176434294782296.post-7580673336195427192011-02-28T16:13:00.000-04:002011-02-28T16:13:44.789-04:00The Obstreperous Screw<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:DoNotOptimizeForBrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal">Occasionally one comes to a screw that persists in getting loose, and no amount of tightening will make it hold, while its shape and location are such that it can neither be cotter pinned nor lock nutted. Usually it is the flat head type, and if there is not room to drop a plate with a turned down edge into the notch to serve as a lock the thing looks hard to solve. The problem becomes still harder if the parts are hardened and will not take a small pin at one end of the notch or will not permit prick punching around the thin edges of the head.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Wrapping a little waste (cotton fiber) around the threads will sometimes save the day but more often this simply introduces cotton under the head and does not permit setting the screw down far enough to properly hold. Some folks bruise the threads a little to make them bind, but in a hardened hole this does little good and soon puts the screw out of commission if repeated.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">A simple and generally very effective remedy is to heat the screw to 300° or 400° F., and having dropped a small piece of chewing gum (digestion aider), well chewed, into the hole, screw it home. The hot screw melts the gum and causes it to fill every crevice. It thoroughly coats the threads, and the heat of the screw will make it stick to the walls of the hole as well. When cold the gum prevents turning. If convenient to warm the hole as well as the screw it will serve to smear the gum on the screw instead of dropping it in the hole.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Much less heat is required to permit removing the screw when this becomes necessary than if soft solder is used, as is sometimes tried. This makeshift has served when all other means short of soft solder had been tried and failed.</div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">—Charles Duryea, Philadelphia, Pa.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07725972921319438115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874176434294782296.post-56558900038724116072010-02-14T13:53:00.000-04:002010-02-14T13:53:00.563-04:00COMMUNICATIONS. "May their Tribe Increase."<div><br /></div><div>West Chester, Pa., Feb. 11.</div><div>Editor Horseless Age:</div><div>I wish to commend the honorable position you have taken</div><div>in icgard to the numerous frauds that are being placed before</div><div>the public, which, if successful, would greatly cripple the</div><div>automobile industry. Your aggressive editorial policy will in</div><div>a great measure offset this danger, the last number of your</div><div>excellent journal being particularly deserving of the careful</div><div>perusal of every prospective purchaser of an automobile.</div><div>Wishing you continued success, I am, yours truly,</div><div>J. MAX MEYERS.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07725972921319438115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874176434294782296.post-18525521798102024142009-11-27T13:16:00.000-04:002009-11-27T13:16:00.993-04:00COMMUNICATIONS. "The Insolence of Office."<div><br /></div><div>Philadelphia, Nov. 20.</div><div><br /></div><div>Editor Horseless Age:</div><div><br /></div><div>In the test of the regulation of the Fairmount Park Commission</div><div>much more is involved than the mere question of</div><div>whether or not the park or certain roads of the park shall be</div><div>closed to automobiles. The case before us is not one created</div><div>intentionally. It was quite accidental and the result of</div><div>inadvertence and insufficient knowledge of a rather vague regulation</div><div>on one part and on the other part undue, heedless,</div><div>indiscreet severity.</div><div><br /></div><div>The real issue is to restrain the "insolence of office."</div><div>Our guards are vested with power necessarily, and by reason</div><div>of the very rare appeal from their actions, little by little</div><div>they lose the sense of fitness in the enforcement of rules.</div><div>More than this, there is involved a resistance to high-handed,</div><div>unauthorized, unlawful police violence against the public.</div><div>And still deeper there is a laying bare of the ill-considered,</div><div>crude legislation from which we suffer so much. The laws</div><div>drafted ordinarily, when thev are under fire, are shown up to be</div><div>vague, ambiguous and really unenforceable.</div><div><br /></div><div>Respectfullv yours.</div><div>JULES JUNKER.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07725972921319438115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874176434294782296.post-54582598343869697712009-11-18T12:57:00.000-04:002009-11-18T12:57:01.108-04:00Vanerbilt Race Ban<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Auto Club Announces Disqualification of All Who Take Part.</i></span><br />
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The Automobile Club of America, through its contest committee, officially placed the ban of<br />
the automobile clubs of Europe upon the Vanderbilt cup race, to be held by the American<br />
Automobile Association in Long Island on October 24. last night. A resolution was adopted<br />
declaring; that any manufacturer, owner, driver, mechanician or agent taking part in<br />
Una or any other American international race not sanctioned by the club would be debarred<br />
from all races to be held in the future, here or abroad under the sanction of any member of<br />
the International Association of Recognized Automobile Clubs, of which the Automobile Club<br />
of America Is the only American member. The action marks the final break between the<br />
two great automobile bodies, and war to the knife will follow.<br />
<br />
Among those present at the committee's meeting last night was H. C. Pierson, of the<br />
Massachusetts Automobile Club. which was taken to indicate a coming breach<br />
between that body and the American Automobile Association.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07725972921319438115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874176434294782296.post-31175358717504530282009-11-03T14:15:00.000-04:002009-11-03T14:15:00.354-04:00Have You a Spider On Your Car?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNtrH68W_qhHQkCiipOPkMza5HASVfhoJPlvjrw6UNb_E5ZxNpEa6NqwaPpisBKW1vyP0IPpyXJMNDh7G0piSUB7-TE_WE6QZlh_Teqy5i8H2duILlJqMPnpCPB0F4FYPFLk4KktKLUn4/s1600-h/The+Spider.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNtrH68W_qhHQkCiipOPkMza5HASVfhoJPlvjrw6UNb_E5ZxNpEa6NqwaPpisBKW1vyP0IPpyXJMNDh7G0piSUB7-TE_WE6QZlh_Teqy5i8H2duILlJqMPnpCPB0F4FYPFLk4KktKLUn4/s200/The+Spider.jpg" /></a><br />
</div>This wonderful little device will actually save f<b>rom 20 per cent, to 50 per cent</b>, of your gasoline expense. It<br />
costs only $6.00 and is sold under an absolute guarantee to do what is claimed for it—<b>your money back otherwise</b>.<br />
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<i><b>The Spider</b></i> is easily inserted in <b>any machine</b> at your garage or just as readily with your own hands. It<br />
mixes the air and gas thoroughly, as no carburetor does, yielding the <b>minimum of resistance with the maximum of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>cutting power</b>.</span></b><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Twice as much Mileage out of a Gallon</span></b></span><br />
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</b></span></span><br />
</div>That's one man's experience with<i> <b>The Spider</b></i>. It not only saves gas—it prevents choking, eliminates friction,<br />
increases power and adds immeasurably to the comfort of motoring. It pays for itself over and over again.<br />
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Ask the nearest dealer in auto supplies to show you <i><b>The Spider</b></i>. If he hasn't it, send direct to us.<br />
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Let us mail you the story of "One Man Who Cut His Gas Bills in Half."<br />
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</div>Almost daily the papers in some part of the country contain accounts of serious automobile collisions or other accidents, which are due to brakes slipping on account of inefficient or defective brake linings.<br />
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Suppose your brake linings are made of such material that you can't stop your car in a shorter distance than 25 feet—and you've got to stop short. Then what?<br />
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J-M Non-Burn Lining is made from the long, tough fibres of the well-known Asbestos Rock, interwoven with fine brass wires.<br />
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Being made from non-organic material it cannot be affected at all by the disintegrating action of gasoline, kerosene, lubricating oils or water. And asbestos being fireproof, Non-Burn will never char or burn when subjected to the most intense frictional heat.<br />
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Equip your brakes with J-M Non-Burn and be safe.<br />
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</div><div>Editor Horseless Age:<br />
</div><div><br />
</div><div>I have read with interest the several articles published in<br />
</div><div>your valuable journal in regard to three-wheeled vehicles. In<br />
</div><div>last week's issue I noted the comments of Messrs. Duryea and<br />
</div><div>Bramwell. The only advantage of the three-wheeled vehicles<br />
</div><div>is that one wheel is easier to steer than two wheels. The<br />
</div><div>single drive wheel, I think, is more of a disadvantage than an<br />
</div><div>advantage. For instance, if the rear drive wheel were in a<br />
</div><div>ditch and could not work its way out, the operator would be<br />
</div><div>stalled, but with two drive wheels one would not be in the<br />
</div><div>ditch, and would thus help to propel the vehicle.<br />
</div><div><br />
</div><div>As Mr. Bramwell says, a four-wheeler properly built has<br />
</div><div>its frame swiveled in the center of the front axle, and he<br />
</div><div>does not see any difference whether a wheel or a swivel is<br />
</div><div>employed at that point so far as stability is concerned.<br />
</div><div>Now this may all be true in going straight ahead, but if we<br />
</div><div>turn a sharp curve at a high speed the three-wheeler is<br />
</div><div>certainly more liable to upset than the four-wheeler, as the<br />
</div><div>extra wheel on the outside of the arc (which is formed when<br />
</div><div>the vehicle turns a curve) decreases the danger of upsetting,<br />
</div><div>and this is truer of a vehicle of a long wheel-base.<br />
</div><div><br />
</div><div>I believe a single steering wheel is superior for turning out<br />
</div><div>of ruts and car tracks, but on a country road the front wheel<br />
</div><div>does not track, but must run over all obstructions such as<br />
</div><div>snow, mud and stones that chance to be in the center of the<br />
</div><div>road. But with a four-wheeler when going straight ahead the<br />
</div><div>rear wheels follow the track of the steerers.<br />
</div><div><br />
</div><div>In my estimation a motor carriage should have four<br />
</div><div>wheels, the front wheels serving as steerers and all four wheels<br />
</div><div>as drivers. By this arrangement, if one pair of wheels are<br />
</div><div>ditched the other may not be. As. Mr. Bramwell says, custom<br />
</div><div>proves nothing to the designer of vehicles, but common sense<br />
</div><div>does. <br />
</div><div><br />
</div><div>Yours truly,<br />
</div><div>F. J. MILLER.<br />
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</div>STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY PREPARES TO EMBARK IN TRANSPORTATION THROUGH AIR—OWEN MERGER CONFIRMED—FORD TO INVADE NEW YORK<br />
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DETROIT, Oct. 24—Anticipating the time when arial navigation will to some extent supplant the means of travel now in vogue, the Detroit & Cleveland Aerial Navigation Co., of Detroit, has been incorporated, with a nominal capital stock of $50,000. The new organization, which by the way, so far as can be learned, is the first company to be chartered for carrying passengers through the air, is made up of stockholders in<br />
the Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co., and is much more farreaching than the name would indicate. The company operates side-wheel passenger fleets between Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo and Mackinac and it is the intention as soon as aerial navigation has been rendered practical to supplement this service with a full line of airships for the accommodation of those desirous of traveling in that manner.<br />
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"We will not do any experimenting," says Vice-President and General Manager A. A. Schantz. "Our business is purely transporting passengers and freight. The minute airships become sufficiently practical we will add service of this nature. The capital stock mentioned in our articles of incorporation is merely nominal, and will be increased when the occasion requires. Personally I believe it will be a long time before any man succeeds in crossing the ocean in an airship of any sort. But with the rapid advancement in the development of aeroplanes there is no reason that I can see why tlights of two or three hundred miles should not be common within a few years, at the most. When that time arrives we want to be prepared for it."<br />
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Details have been completed for the taking over of the Owen Motor Car Company, of this city, by the Reo Company, of Lansing, as announced in The Horseless Age. Holders of Owen stock will receive stock in the Reo Company on an equitable basis, and some of the Owen officers will be given executive positions in Lansing. All the equipment and stock in the Detroit plant is being removed to Lansing, and the Reo will be managed on a more comprehensive scale than the rather limited manner in which affairs had been conducted since its organization.<br />
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The Ford Motor Company is to invade New York in a manufacturing way, announcement being made of the purchase of a tract of land at Jackson and Honeywell avenues, Long Island City, upon which a four-story concrete structure, 75 x 265 feet will be erected. This building will be equipped with every manufacturing facility, and will be at the disposal of dealers and subdealers in the vicinity of New York who handle Ford cars, and their customers. There will also be a fine display room and convention hall for branch managers of the Atlantic seaboard. It is the intention to have this factory ready for business by the middle of March.<br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07725972921319438115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874176434294782296.post-79542282668429526242009-10-15T09:36:00.001-04:002009-10-15T09:36:00.229-04:00NEW DIAMOND DEMOUNTABLECarrying extra tires inflated and ready to run, a new demountable rim has been<br />
developed by the Diamond Rubber Company, of Akron. O. The rim has just<br />
been placed on the market and will have a conspicuous place in the Diamond<br />
products for 1910. In design and construction it is both simple and strong<br />
and permits the removal of the damaged tire with the application of a fresh one,<br />
pumped up and ready for running, in scarcely more time than is required to<br />
jack up the wheel.<br />
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A notable improvement over the Diamond 1909 demountable equipment is the<br />
fact that the rim can be fitted to any automobile wheel felloe of regulation<br />
construction without material alteration of the same. No machine work is necessary<br />
on the wheel band or elsewhere and any competent blacksmith can, the<br />
Diamond Rubber Company states, do the job properly and inexpensively. A<br />
further improvement eliminates the necessity of mortising out the felloe to<br />
admit the valve stem of the inner tube. A series of wedges fitting between the<br />
wheel band and the rim itself take up all possible play and make the fit tight<br />
and secure. For the same reason small irregularities, due to dinging of rim or<br />
band or other causes, cannot interfere with the rim's quick and easy operation.<br />
<br />
The new Diamond demountable will accommodate any standard make of<br />
regular clincher tire. The Diamond Company has spent much time and energy<br />
in developing and testing this new product and the vigor with which the<br />
rim is being pushed is plainly indicative of the company's own confidence therein.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07725972921319438115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874176434294782296.post-13416651210480772512009-10-14T09:34:00.002-04:002009-10-14T09:34:58.734-04:00GASOLINE VS. STEAM.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The gasoline automobile is fast coming to the front, and with a few objectionable</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">features removed, will be a great boon to the traveling public. The present objections</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">to most machines of that order are the noise, the smell and the vibrations.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">They are among the handiest, in other respects, for physicians, as they do not require</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">as much attention as do steam machines; but when they get out of</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">order, especially far from "home and mother," they are about as mysterious as</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">boarding house hash. It takes an expert to find out the difficulty, and even he is</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">often unequal to the task. They are often lugged home by the noble hay motor, with</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">the once haughty chauffeur perched on his lofty seat with one hand on the steering</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">handle and the other gently spread over his humiliated features.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">When, after careful instruction and practical demonstration, I first began to run an</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">automobile alone I felt as timid and nervous as a young colt before a screeching locomotive,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">but as time wore on and experience ripened, I found pleasure in my daily</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">rides, and now, after an extended experience, I feel safer in it than I would behind</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">a well fed horse.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">The steam machine has some advantages above all others, as it runs more</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">smoothly, is noiseless and free from odor and vibration. It is also a great hill</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">climber. The power can be nicely graduated, and the sensation when riding is</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">more pleasant than in any vehicle yet made.</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07725972921319438115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874176434294782296.post-4258067614895750482009-10-08T11:18:00.000-04:002009-10-08T11:18:00.167-04:00WOMAN WINS HOOSIER SOCIABILITY RUN<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Oct. 4—When the summary had been figured out in<br />
the first annual amateur sociability run last night, it was found the event had<br />
been won by a woman. The winner was Miss Katrina Fertig, who came within 63<br />
seconds of the secret schedule arranged for cars of class B, costing from $2,001 to<br />
$3,000. Miss Fertig a year ago was one of the few drivers making a perfect score<br />
in the reliability run to French Lick Springs and return. The run, which took<br />
the place of the annual reliability run, was exclusively for private owners and<br />
their drivers. There were no penalties and practically no rules, except that a professional<br />
driver must have been in the employ of his employer for at least 30 days<br />
before the run. None of the contestants knew the schedule upon which they were<br />
supposed to run. There were four classes, and Robert B. Kramer, of Attica, arranged<br />
a schedule for each class. This was kept sealed until after all of the cars had returned<br />
to this city, and there was much surprise, when it was found a woman had<br />
won. Almost ideal weather and road conditions prevailed.<br />
<br />
The run was to Mudlavia Springs and return, a pretty little resort in northern<br />
Indiana, 5 miles from Attica. The outbound route was 83 miles long, going<br />
through Crawfordsville, New Richmond. Newton and Attica. Returning, the route<br />
was 104 miles, through Lafayette and Lebanon. There were four classes of entries,<br />
as follows: Class A, cars selling $3,001 and over; class B, cars selling $2,001<br />
to $3,000; class C, cars selling $1,001 to $2,000, and class D, cars selling at $1,000<br />
and under. The running time for the different classes was: Class A, going<br />
3:38:09, returning 4:54:21, total 8:32:30; class B, going 3:58:24, returning 5:19:09,<br />
total, 9:17:33; class C, going 4:23:35, returning 5:38:42, total 10:02:17; class D,<br />
going 4:50:03, returning 6:02:11, total 10:52:14. The results:<br />
<br />
CLASS A—SCHEDULE, 8 :32 :30<br />
Car and Entrant <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Time<br />
Packard 30, H. A. Archev <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>8 :25 :30<br />
Packard IS, P. L. Wiltshire <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>8 :16 :30<br />
Stoddard-Dayton. Carl G. Fisher. Withdrawn<br />
Locomobile, L. M. Wainwright <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>9 :14 :20<br />
Stearns, J. T. Alfree <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Withdrawn<br />
Packard 18, W. A. Atkins <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>7 :31:03<br />
<br />
CLASS B—SCHEDULE, 9 :17 :33<br />
Premier, George A. Weidley <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>9 :56 :30<br />
Premier, Miss Katrina Fertig <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>9 :16 :30<br />
Knox, E. H. Wilson <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Withdrawn<br />
Premier, H. E. Stafford <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> 9 :07 :00<br />
Premier, L. W. Cooper <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> 10 :12 :13<br />
Premier, Bert A. Boyd <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>9 :59 :05<br />
Premier, Miss Elizabeth Love <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>9 :43 :00<br />
Premier, Mrs. Frank Schussler<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>9 :38 :30<br />
<br />
CLASS C—SCHEDULE, 10 :02 :17<br />
S-M-F, ,T. Rotbart <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> 9 :01 :30<br />
Overland, John A. George <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Withdrawn<br />
E-M-F, H. H. Hauger <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Withdrawn<br />
Oakland, Herbert Herff <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Withdrawn<br />
E-M-F, Joseph T. Elliott<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> 8 :48 :32<br />
<br />
CLASS D—SCHEDULE, 10 :52 :14<br />
Maxwell, John Hayden <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>9 :32 :00<br />
Hupmobile, F. I. Willis <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>10 :35 :30<br />
Empire, Paul Smith <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Official car<br />
<br />
The prize was awarded to the driver of any class keeping closest to the schedule<br />
in his class. The prize was a silver trophy donated by the Warner Instrument Co.,<br />
which is to be contested for each year, unless one person can hold it 3 years in<br />
succession, in which event he is to retain possession of the trophy. There were a<br />
number of accidents, but fortunately none of them was serious. On Saturday the<br />
Stoddard-Dayton confetti car No. 13, driven by Barrett Saltzgaber, ran into a<br />
ditch between Crawfordsville and New Richmond and was wrecked. Mr.<br />
Saltzgaber was only slightly injured and the Packard car, driven by H. A. Archer,<br />
picked up the crew of the confetti car and carried it into Mudlavia.<br />
<br />
Immediately after arriving at Mudlavia. dinner was served at the hotel at the resort.<br />
This was followed by a hill-climb on the Devil's Elbow hill, which is about<br />
1,030 feet long and ranges from a 9 to a 15 per cent grade. At the expense of Mr.<br />
Kramer, of Attica, the hill was graded and the turns banked, and a timing device<br />
was furnished by H. J. Sconce, of Sidell, Ill. Cars of each class participated in the<br />
hill-climb. The winners of the various classes then entered a handicap climb, the<br />
winner of this receiving a silver cup. The event was won by Carl G. Fisher, driving<br />
a Stoddard-Dayton. The following is a summary of the hill climb:<br />
<br />
CLASS A<br />
Car and Driver <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Time<br />
Stoddard-Dayton, Carl G. Fisher <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>:20<br />
Stearns, J. T. Alfree <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> :22 1-2<br />
Locomobile, L. M. Wainwright <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>:27 1-4<br />
<br />
CLASS B<br />
Knox, E. H. Wilson <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> :22 3-4<br />
Premier, Miss K. Fertig <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> :27 1-4<br />
Premier, Mrs. F. Schussler <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> :35 1-4<br />
<br />
CLASS C<br />
Buick, Dr. P. H. Keys <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> :25 1-2<br />
Oakland, Herbert Herff <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> :25 3-4<br />
<br />
CLASS D<br />
Maxwell, John Hayden <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> :28 3-4<br />
Hupmobile, F. I. Willis<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> :43 1-2<br />
<br />
FINAL HANDICAP CLIMB<br />
Car, Handicap, Driver <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Time<br />
<br />
Stoddard-Dayton, scratch, Fisher<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>:19 3-5<br />
Buick, :05 1-2, Keys<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> :28 3-5<br />
Knox, :02 3-4, Wilson<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> :23 4-5<br />
Maxwell, :08 3-4, Hayden<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> :30<br />
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Babbitt Bearings.<br />
Editor HORSELESS AGE:<br />
I note on page 665, issue of December 30, 1903, an article on "White Metal Bearings,"<br />
by J. S. V. Bickford. He says it "hardly ever requires adjusting." My experience<br />
is that it does need adjusting, but perhaps not so often as some other materials,<br />
and constant adjusting where there is much duty. A bearing that could not<br />
be adjusted would certainly be a failure on any well made machine. His assertion "All<br />
you have to do is to wrap the bearing in asbestos twine, rubbed with lamp clay, and<br />
warm it up until the metal runs, when you have a bearing as good as new," is certainly<br />
a new one to me, and I would like to have Mr. Bickford explain the seemingly simple<br />
operation more fully. When we have a babbitt bearing that is too bad to fill and<br />
scrape to a fit we have to remove all babbit and repour.<br />
<br />
Mr. Bickford says "this joint is used in Pratt & Whitney lathe head stocks, etc.,"<br />
but my information is to the effect that it is poured, well hammered or rolled in the<br />
boxes and then bored the same as any other bearing. I have never been able to pour<br />
babbitt that would be tight in the boxes after it cooled, although the boxes were<br />
heated before pouring, and I can vouch for the tightness of the babbitt in the Pratt &<br />
Whitney head stock.<br />
W. G. LUPER.<br />
<br />
Gyrostatic Action.<br />
Editor HORSELESS AGE :<br />
I was interested in the editorial in your issue of March 2 on the gyrostatic action<br />
of the flywheel as related to the strength of parts in an automobile, as I have been<br />
working in that line for some time. I do not think that Mr. Ward has as yet presented<br />
the matter in all its aspects. There is no doubt but that the flywheel very<br />
strongly resists a force tending to change its plane of rotation under some circumstances,<br />
but there is also another effect that I think must be taken into account.<br />
When a force is exerted tending to change the plane of rotation, there is a strong<br />
force created thereby at right angles to the first named force, and the parts should<br />
be designed to resist this latter force. The parts may, I think, be so constructed that<br />
there will be no gyrostatic resistance to the first named force, but they cannot be so<br />
constructed that the latter shall not be exerted. <br />
<br />
Professor Perry in his "Spinning Tops" (I think) observes that some locomotives <br />
are not so fast as others of the same power, and he seems to attribute this to<br />
such inertia effects, and Mr. Clough in a recent article remarks that the heavy <br />
automobiles frequently take as little power to drive them at a certain speed as<br />
do the light runabouts. It is quite possible that this may be due to the same or <br />
related causes. <br />
<br />
I have examined a number of works on mechanics with the hope of finding an<br />
accessible treatment of the subject. The problem seems, however, to be<br />
treated from a theoretical standpoint, as investigating the very remarkable action of the<br />
gyrostat in the familiar form of a toy, and is either too involved, mathematically, for<br />
ready comprehension, or is not adapted to practical engineering conditions. For instance,<br />
the mathematical expression for the time of nutation of the toy is curious, but<br />
I do not at present see its practical application in automobile engineering.<br />
<br />
I have worked out a formula which is sufficiently simple and rational in its derivation,<br />
and have submitted it to some expert mathematicians, who have not as yet<br />
found any error in it. I have designed an apparatus for experimental investigation of<br />
the subject, and hope to have it constructed soon. I hope by this to prove my reasoning<br />
either right or wrong.<br />
E. J. STODDARD.<br />
<br />
Roller Bearings for Qasoline Engines.<br />
Editor HORSELESS AGE:<br />
Can you tell me whether roller bearings are practical for crank shaft bearings of<br />
two or four cycle gasoline motors or not? I am not sure whether the impulse of explosion<br />
would tend to crack the rollers or not.<br />
JOHN SIDINGHAM.<br />
<br />
[Undoubtedly roller bearings could be made to withstand the shock of explosion<br />
in an engine, but they are not used by any of the well known automobile and engine<br />
builders, probably because they would need to be considerably larger in size than<br />
plain bearings.—ED.]<br />
<br />
Gas Engine Oils.<br />
Editor HORSELESS AGE :<br />
Kindly advise me in your next issue what a first class oil should consist of for a water<br />
cooled motor. Should it be the product of a straight crude petroleum or should<br />
it be of the material of a high grade cylinder oil, which I believe has more or less<br />
fatty matter in it?<br />
<br />
Kindly advise me who, in your opinion, makes the highest grade motor oil.<br />
W. G. HORTON.<br />
<br />
[Gas engine oil differs from the ordinary steam engine cylinder oil in that it is<br />
wholly, or almost wholly, of mineral origin—a product of crude petroleum—whereas<br />
the so called "cylinder oil" is largely composed of animal matter. The gas engine<br />
oil is much thinner, has a higher fire test and does not soot the internal working<br />
parts in the same degree as "cylinder oil" would. The gas engine oil is specially<br />
adapted for cylinder lubrication, and should be used in the crank case if splash lubrication<br />
alone is depended upon for oiling the cylinder. It may also be employed for all<br />
of the bearings if it is considered an advantage to use only a single grade of oil.<br />
Otherwise ordinary machine oil is very satisfactory for bearings. We cannot inform<br />
you who makes the highest grade of cylinder oil.—ED.]<br />
<br />
Explosion Engine Queries.<br />
Editor HORSELESS AGE:<br />
What should be the size of inlet and exhaust valves, also diameter and weight of<br />
rim of flywheel, for a 5x6 inch cylinder gasoline engine, running from 700 to 750<br />
revolutions per minute, compression 60 pounds gauge? Also, if possible, please<br />
give formula for calculating the same.<br />
FRANK B. GOULD.<br />
<br />
[A clear diameter of 1¾ inches will be sufficient for both the inlet and the exhaust<br />
valve. It is usual to make the clear diameter of the valves about one-third the diameter<br />
of the cylinder. A proper size for the flywheel would be 22 inches in diameter,<br />
with a rim section 2 inches deep by 2½ inches wide. Such a flywheel would<br />
weigh a little over 100 pounds. A considerable range in the weight of the flywheel<br />
is allowable, as a larger flywheel than that specified above would allow the engine to<br />
run at a lower minimum speed under full load and would prevent it from being pulled<br />
down in speed so much when short, heavy obstructions are encountered.—ED.]<br />
<br />
Editor HORSELESS AGE :<br />
The writer would like to have your opinion on a two cylinder opposed motor. We<br />
now have a single cylinder engine 5x6 inches, which develops fully 7 horse power.<br />
We should like to know, if we hitch two of these cylinders together on an opposed<br />
type, what horse power we would obtain. Should it give 14, more or less?<br />
N.<br />
<br />
[A two cylinder engine should give approximately twice the power as a single<br />
cylinder of the same cylinder dimensions. It might give even slightly more than<br />
double the power, as the friction on the crank shaft and cam gear will most likely<br />
not be twice as great as in the single cylinder machine, but, on the other hand, it<br />
is somewhat difficult to perfectly attune the two cylinders so that each shall give its<br />
maximum power at the same spark setting, which would probably counterbalance the<br />
above advantage.—ED.]<br />
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The grievances of British motorists are to be tabulated by the Motor Union, says<br />
the Daily Mail, and Parliamentary candidates will be asked for their opinions<br />
thereon.<br />
<br />
In an article by Claude Johnson in the Badminton Magazine on "The Magnificent<br />
Mercedes, the Rich Man's Motor Car," the tire cost per mile is estimated at 19.5<br />
cents, or $975 for 5,000 miles, and the rest of the annual expense on the basis of<br />
15,000 miles running is given as $3,375. including $1,000 for the hire of a driver.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07725972921319438115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874176434294782296.post-12626974172466968032009-10-06T14:54:00.002-04:002009-10-06T14:54:00.358-04:00EXPLOSIVE MOTOR NUMBER<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">JANUARY 17TH</span><br />
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<b>LEADING ARTICLES . . . .</b><br />
The Hydrocarbon Engine as a Source of Energy, by ELWOOD HAYNES.<br />
General Deductions, by HENRY W. STRUSS.<br />
The Gasoline Engine Indicator Diagram, by E. C. OLIVER.<br />
Vaporizers and Carbureters, by HERBERT L. TOWLE.<br />
Ignition and Ignition Troubles, by P. M. HELDT.<br />
Coils and Sparks, by E. J. STODDARD.<br />
The Vibration of Explosive Motors, by HERBERT L. TOWLE.<br />
Gasoline and Gasoline Mixtures, by E. J. STODDARD.<br />
Multi-Cylinder Engines, by P. M. HELDT.<br />
Gasoline Vaporizers and Carbureters, by HENRY W. STRUSS.<br />
Balancing a Motor Carriage, by E. C. OLIVER.<br />
Explosive Motor Data, by R. I. CLEGG.<br />
An Explosive Motor in Detail, by R. I. CLEGG.<br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07725972921319438115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874176434294782296.post-9742965898514667742009-10-05T15:28:00.001-04:002009-10-05T15:28:35.194-04:00THE HOSSLESS RIG.The evenin' chores wuz done an' I wuz settin' with my pipe,<br />
A lookin' at the grapevines where the fruit wuz gettin' ripe,<br />
An' a-listenin' to the hired han's discussin' uv the craps,<br />
When who shud come a-ridin' up but tew swell city chaps<br />
In one of them thar hossless things I'd heerd tell uv before,<br />
But never 'lowed I'd live tew to see a-standin' by my door.<br />
<br />
The feller who wuz runnin' it spuk up, jest reel perlite,<br />
"Ef ye'll let us fill our biler here we'll pay ye what is right."<br />
Says I, "I like to 'commodate, but water's gittin' skeerce<br />
An' when the cistern's clean, plum dry the women folks is fierce,<br />
But," says I, "I'll risk their jawin' fur a ride in that affair."<br />
It costs ye fifty cents in York, they say, tew ride a square,<br />
An' bein' as the water comes so free-like from the sky,<br />
I 'lowed ef they shud take me up 'twould be a payin' high.<br />
<br />
The feller laffed a leetle, an' says he, "It's gittin' late,<br />
But water we hev got tew hev, so we'll accommodate";<br />
An' while they fed an' iled her up I called the women tew,<br />
Fur they'r ez anxious ez the men fur seein' things 'ats new.<br />
It looked sum like a buggy, 'cept the shafts wuz out uv sight<br />
An' thar wuz bars an' chains an' things 'at didn't seem jest right;<br />
The handle uv it wuz turned back, an' I'll declar, by jocks!<br />
The wheels wuz made of leetle rods an' rubber hard as rocks.<br />
<br />
Tew things resemblin' toy clocks fust caught the women's eye,<br />
An' a lookin' glass hung on the dash—I spose tew clean up by,<br />
Fur no mistake about it, them tew chaps wuz mighty neat ,<br />
An' kep' some water hangin' in a bottle by the seat.<br />
But the outside warn't a sarcumstance, tho' interestin' enuff,<br />
Tew the mystery uv the innards where they stored the engin' stuff;<br />
But I didn't hev no time at all tew steddy out each part,<br />
Fur the man 'at run the circus hed got ready now tew start.<br />
<br />
An' when I clum intew the thing an' sot down by his side,<br />
I bet I warn't a bit more skeered when I led out my bride;<br />
But proud an' happy tew! my heart kep' swellin' in my chest<br />
Till I felt sure I'd hev tew bust or open up my vest;<br />
At fust the blamed thing started off so creepy like an' slow,<br />
The hired man yelled out "Git ep" an' then he let 'er go!<br />
We turned the corner by the gate so quick we near upsot,<br />
An' past the medders an' the woods like cannon ball we shot.<br />
<br />
I never spuk a single word—jest held on like grim death—<br />
The wind wuz zippin' past us so it kind a-tuk my breath;<br />
The neighbors all cum runnin' out as curious as cud be,<br />
An' I bet ever' livin' soul wuz envyin' uv me.<br />
We made the dust an' pebbles fly—an' barn yard critters tew—<br />
An' hosses stood an' pawed the air when our rig hove in view;<br />
But he'd tech somethin' with his foot an' stop 'er like a flash—<br />
The fust time I warn't lookin' an' fell over on the dash.<br />
<br />
But I enjoyed thet ride more—I'm sartin' thet I did—<br />
Than any gorgeous street parade I'd went tew when a kid;<br />
A ridin' after hosses now jest makes me fairly sick,<br />
An' flyin's mighty pleasant, ef ye never stop tew quick.<br />
But uv all the ways uv gittin' 'round thet ever I did see<br />
That takes the cake! A hossless rig is good enuff fur me!<br />
<br />
HOPE HATHAWAY.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07725972921319438115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874176434294782296.post-45722690647813360782009-10-04T15:52:00.000-04:002009-10-04T15:52:00.504-04:00NEW VEHICLES AND PARTSNEW VEHICLES AND PARTS<br />
Le Pontois' Electro-Magnetic Speed Changing Gear.<br />
<br />
The speed changing gear with magnetic clutches, invented by Dr. Leon Le Pontois<br />
and which was exhibited on a car at last year's Madison Square Garden Show, is<br />
stated to have now been reduced to a thoroughly practical state, and will probably<br />
soon be available in the market. The gear, of which a cross sectional view is shown<br />
herewith, combines the planetary and lathe back gear principles, and all speed variations<br />
are secured by magnetic friction clutches running in oil. The gear gives<br />
three forward speeds and one reverse (direct drive on the high gear), and is very<br />
compactly housed in an extension of the engine crank case. The engine flywheel<br />
forms part of the gear, and it is stated that the gear for a double cylinder vertical 20<br />
horse power engine weighs 300 pounds.<br />
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The flywheel A is mounted on the end of the shaft O, and constitutes a triple<br />
magnetic field. It has annular grooves B, C and D cut in its surfaces, in which<br />
are located coils enclosed in copper shells, hermetically sealed, protecting the winding<br />
and its insulation from the action of the oil, and constituting at the same time a<br />
damping circuit, shielding the coils from the field discharge. When these coils are<br />
energized by an electric current a magnetic field is formed in the mass of the flywheel<br />
which attracts and holds firmly the armature disks I, J or K. The current is sent<br />
through these coils by means of wires leading to contact rings W, and by brushes X<br />
to the source of electrical energy.<br />
<br />
Annular fields E and G are held fast in the casing. A shaft M with bearings in the<br />
shaft O and in the driven shaft N supports the armature disks and the gears. A disk<br />
L keyed on the shaft M supports a shaft V carrying the pinions Q, S and U. A<br />
gear P meshing with pinion Q is locked on the driven shaft N. A sleeve carries<br />
the gear R and the armature disk J, gearR being in mesh with gear S. A second<br />
sleeve carries the armature disk K and gear T, which meshes with gear V. The shaft<br />
M also supports the armature disk I keyed on it.<br />
<br />
When it is desired to run at a slow forward speed the disk L carrying the shaft V<br />
is made stationary by being attracted and held fast by magnetic field G energized by<br />
coil H. The pinion R is made to rotate with the shaft O by the armature J held<br />
against the flywheel by coil C. The pinion R then drives the shaft V and shaft N<br />
through the intermediary of gears S, Q and P at a low rate of speed.<br />
<br />
To obtain the second speed, while disk L is held stationary, armature J is released<br />
and current is sent through coils D. Disk K then turns solid with the flywheel, and<br />
gear T drives shaft N through the intermediary of the gears V, Q and P.<br />
<br />
Now let it be desired to engage the high speed. Clutch D is still magnetized. Disk<br />
L is released from the grip of clutch G and disk I is attracted by clutch B. The whole<br />
system of gears now rotates solid with the shaft, the whole mass forming a heavy flywheel.<br />
<br />
To reverse, disk K is made fast to clutch E by coil F being energized; at the same<br />
time disk I is made fast on the flywheel by coil B being energized. The disk L carrying<br />
the secondary shaft V rotates with shaft O. The epicycloidal path described by gear<br />
S being different from the path described by gear Q, the gear P rotates slowly in the<br />
opposite direction to shaft M and thus the reverse motion is obtained.<br />
<br />
Only six gears enter into play in these successive operations.<br />
<br />
An oil pump driven by shaft N forces oil under pressure through the bearings of the<br />
shaft M and bushings rotating on that shaft. This oil forms a thin film between the clutch<br />
surfaces and the armature disks, which plays a very important part in the progressive<br />
clutching and releasing of the disks when the field magnets are energized.<br />
<br />
A simple generator, designed to deliver a constant current at whatever speed the engine<br />
is driven, is used for operating the clutches up to 15 horse power. This generator<br />
is of the ironclad type. A foot pedal, placed in series with the electric switch controlling<br />
the fields, acts directly on an inductive rheostat, or choke coil, to enable the<br />
operator to start the car with ease. The clutches are interlocking; that is, it is impossible<br />
to engage two at the same time.<br />
<br />
Tests are said to have shown that the energy required to magnetize the fields<br />
amounts to somewhat less than half of 1 per cent, of the power transmitted. A<br />
working model of the gear is shown at the office of the company owning the patents on<br />
it, 200 Broadway, New York.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07725972921319438115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874176434294782296.post-13264859350969863382009-10-03T15:43:00.002-04:002009-10-03T15:43:00.422-04:00COMMUNICATIONS: Tire Life and the Speed Craze.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFpko7RfBkmQHfJWnmeZEfE4Ok3PnZZH8iqZaPoZRAx3zdkNyRphyphenhyphen5gx3AL06jCt1-O4e7Ax8pAU2LUHVOafsUqv884B0nJ9xwlurKaA0tiq8SEN4Sz_SdZ6sRKuurjIlwEuB-9wqRPlE/s1600-h/Communications.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFpko7RfBkmQHfJWnmeZEfE4Ok3PnZZH8iqZaPoZRAx3zdkNyRphyphenhyphen5gx3AL06jCt1-O4e7Ax8pAU2LUHVOafsUqv884B0nJ9xwlurKaA0tiq8SEN4Sz_SdZ6sRKuurjIlwEuB-9wqRPlE/s400/Communications.jpg" /></a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tire Life and the Speed Craze.<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Editor HORSELESS AGE:<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In reply to W. Mason's letter in your paper of the 10th, I want to say that I<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">have a steam dos-a-dos which I ran a good many hundred miles with two grown<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">people and four children all over Western Massachusetts last summer, the second<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">year it has been run, and the repairs on the machine would not come to $10. Not<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">one breakdown occurred. What money was expended was mostly for extras or<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">improvements. I burned kerosene all summer, and once put in some oil out of<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">a dirty can without a strainer on it, and had to clean the burner, and in so doing<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">broke vaporizer while hot and had to get it fixed, at an expense of $3.<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I will admit I spent a few dollars on a new kerosene burner which I was experimenting<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">with, but this was done for fun and had nothing to do with the carriage.<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I paid 50 cents to get a 2 inch pipe cut in a repair station, and $2.40 to get my air<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">pump fitted in another place. Aside from a tire I got just before cold<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">weather set in for $5, my other one was good for another season, until in the dark<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I ran onto a lot of sharp stone that the city had put in a hole in the road without<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">covering, and cut it so it was beyond repair.<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My other tires (single tube pneumatic) have been run ever since early in the<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">spring of 1902, and not one puncture or one cent has been spent on them.<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had an early steam runabout before this which I ran any way over 4,000 miles<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">before a cent was spent on the tires (same make); then the two back tires required<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">new casing, although they never punctured. The fronts were running finely the<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">last I heard of the carriage.<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But for the speed craze tires would last longer. No man can ride with pleasure<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">over any road at more than 15 miles an hour. I will never buy a car of a maker<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">who keeps a racer on the track, for I think such things are carried too far. If it<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">were not for the new law in our State it would be unsafe for a party wishing to<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">run an automobile for pleasure to go on the roads today, the way things are tending.<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">HARRY.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Should Amateurs Try to Improve Their Machines ?<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Editor HORSELESS AGE:<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is my experience:<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Last year I got the auto fever. I decided to get a second hand one of a good<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">make to learn with. I bought a 1900 gasoline phaeton. I knew nothing about the<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">principle of a gasoline engine; inlet valves, exhaust valves, etc., were all a mystery<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">to me.<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My experience in studying out all these things would require a book of 500 pages<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">to relate. I had lots of trouble, but when I studied out the matter always found the<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">fault was mine, excepting two improve ments that I added.<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I found that when I had a heavy strain on the chain it would pull up tight as a<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">drum and I would then have to loosen up half a dozen bolts and hammer the frame<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">around that holds the rear sprocket. I noted the frame had a large bolt attached<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">to it, one end of which ran through the back frame with a nut on, thus preventing<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">the chain from becoming loose. I saw by putting a set nut on the other side<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">of this frame I could hold the chain just where it was set. Result, no more trouble<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">with it.<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Improvement No. 2 was to fasten nuts to prevent them from becoming loose.<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The frame being of wood, I quickly planned out this arrangement. I took a piece of<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">heavy strap iron, about ¾ inch wide and 1 inch long, drilled a screw hole through<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">one end, set it against the nut, sent the screw into the wood, and there it has<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">stayed. This is as simple as A B C and does the trick.<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I do all this work myself. It does me lots of good to occasionally spend a<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">couple of hours after supper with overalls on working on the old machine, for it gives<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">me a change of work and exercise which I need.<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I can make the machine run and have had many pleasant trips with it.<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">J. W. TOMPKINS.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Right of Touring.<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Editor HORSELESS AGE:<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I write for information regarding the right of touring through the States of<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Jersey, and as far as Washington.<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My auto is registered in New York State; do I require any other permit beyond<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">my driver's license and the registration?<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">WINSLOW TRACY WILLIAMS.<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">[A New York license will be honored in Massachusetts and Connecticut, but licenses<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">will have to be taken out in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. To get a Pennsylvania<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">license $2 must be paid for a certificate at the office of the prothonotary<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">of the county and then presented at the treasurer's office with $3 more, when a license<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">will be granted. Rhode Island requires no license.—ED.J<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Winter Care and Use.<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Editor HORSELESS AGE:<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In experimenting with non-freezing compounds I found that chloride of calcium,<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">5 pounds to a gallon of water, eats holes in my tank. Polar ice machine oil<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">might do, but my pump will not circulate it, and it fries. Plain water, a slightly<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">warmed stable, an empty water line, and the engine left running or blanketed<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">with a piece of red flannel over the radiator keep me on the road every day.<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A. H. R. GUILEY, M. D.<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Who Makes Quadrants ?<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Editor HORSELESS AGE:<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Will you kindly let me know through the columns of your valuable paper where<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I can purchase quadrants with small levers, such as are used for spark and throttle<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">control? C. SEFRIN.<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">[Manufacturers are now making their own quadrants. Supply dealers as a rule<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">do not keep them.—ED.]<br />
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07725972921319438115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874176434294782296.post-12002041256732339312009-10-02T15:39:00.001-04:002009-10-02T15:39:00.475-04:00THE OPPOSED CYLINDER ENGINEIt is quite evident from a census of the types of motors employed upon gasoline<br />
cars at the Show that the double cylinder engine of the opposed type is extremely<br />
popular. Its cost of construction has been reduced through improved methods of<br />
manufacture to such a point that it is now offered as the motive power of runabout<br />
cars at $750 or $850; it is still used upon several makes of full fledged touring cars<br />
built by concerns of established and long standing reputation, and furthermore, constitutes<br />
the power equipment of an intermediate class of vehicles called "light touring<br />
cars" or "light tonneaus" which bids fair to become a very popular and useful type, selling<br />
at a price between the runabouts and the high powered and most luxurious touring<br />
vehicles, namely, at from $1,500 to $1,800.<br />
<br />
It would seem that the opposed cylinder engine represents in the world of motors the<br />
bourgoisie or middle class, ranking between the humble and proletarian single<br />
cylinder engine and the high toned three or four cylinder motor of the de luxe vehicle.<br />
<br />
Probably the double opposed type has been the most important element concerned in<br />
the production of a reasonable low priced vehicle for the average buyer, which shall<br />
be free from noticeable vibration and torque fluctuation. Hardly anyone will deny that<br />
it is the steadiest running motor for the money and as such it is increasingly appreciated.<br />
<br />
So great is its inherent superiority in steadiness of running over the twin type,<br />
on account of the equal spacing of its power impulses and the fact that its vibration,<br />
owing to its direction, is not exaggerated by the springs, that the popularity of the<br />
twin type in front, as used in medium powered touring cars, appears to be somewhat<br />
threatened, especially as the opposed motorwhen placed across the car can wear a bonnet<br />
just as "becomingly" as the twin engine and thus answer the general demand for a<br />
motor in front type of car. In fact, several manufacturers, in order to secure the symmetrical<br />
power impulses of the opposed engine in the twin type, have made their<br />
cranks with both throws on the same side of the shaft. This secures the desired end,<br />
but as the reciprocating parts are all traveling in the same direction at the same time<br />
the vibration from this source is as great as in a vertical single cylinder motor. The<br />
heavy counterbalances required to minimize this defect probably weigh more than any<br />
reduction of the flywheel weight which is made admissible on account of the greater<br />
symmetry of the explosions.<br />
<br />
The opposed cylinder engine is a characteristic American device, having been first<br />
developed by one of our veteran automobile manufacturing concerns, which, by the way,<br />
is still using it to the exclusion of all other types. It has been widely copied, and, on<br />
account of its applicability to the engine in front type of construction, in all but high<br />
powered cars, and the fact that when so used it is almost perfectly vibrationless, it is<br />
likely to enjoy a brilliant future.<br />
<br />
It has been remarked that the opposed motor is unknown in France, but it is hardly<br />
to be believed that any one nation enjoys an absolute monopoly of engineering wisdom,<br />
and it may be possible that there are some good things in the motor car business<br />
which our clever friends across the water have in some manner missed.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07725972921319438115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874176434294782296.post-34991783569596743352009-10-01T14:31:00.000-04:002009-10-01T14:31:57.856-04:00Richmond lamps<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdFGn8VKLRGVuTjzItSa2dFVCZyM92o9rBuYVJrYTkqPjNEwt3AJ7ds0hGSXgjX18uC_vm4yrDwagl8XmB1TIo62sqwQB5lLBuOAVn0mTmtExgRHAoXxHU9FmjU09L0mZBXtrup6QcL44/s1600-h/Richmond+lamp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdFGn8VKLRGVuTjzItSa2dFVCZyM92o9rBuYVJrYTkqPjNEwt3AJ7ds0hGSXgjX18uC_vm4yrDwagl8XmB1TIo62sqwQB5lLBuOAVn0mTmtExgRHAoXxHU9FmjU09L0mZBXtrup6QcL44/s400/Richmond+lamp.jpg" /></a><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lamps made to satisfy the most exacting<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">automobile users.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>We guarantee the Richmond Lamps throughout to possess greater</i><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>lighting power and finer wearing qualities than any other lamps.</i><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">RICHMOND, IND.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>50th St. and Lancaster Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.</b><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">MANUFACTURERS OF</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Ball Bearings, Roller Bearings,</b><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Steel, Brass and Bronze</b><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Standard Transmission Axle</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">in which the transmission is mounted on the rear axle</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">in the same housing as the differential.</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Also manufacturers of SHAFTING HANGER BOXES with</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Roller Bearings which can be purchased</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">from your local dealer.</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Standard Roller Bearing Co.</b></span>, <b>Philadelphia</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The present lull in business furnishes an opportunity—of which discriminating and farsighted manufacturers are promptly availing themselves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Economy of operation must be considered, and we can help you to reduce expenses— at the same time increasing the efficiency of your plant. We are today building and selling</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">2 CYLINDER, 2 to 2½. ton trucks,<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">DETROIT MICHIGAN<br />
</div><i><b>Reliable Agents Wanted</b></i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07725972921319438115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874176434294782296.post-15250148938327478492009-09-28T13:27:00.000-04:002009-09-28T13:27:00.356-04:00Special Notices<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">Advertisements</span></div><span style="font-style:italic;"><div style="text-align: center;">Inserted</div><div style="text-align: center;">Under This Heading</div><div style="text-align: center;">at $0.50 an</div><div style="text-align: center;">Inch for Each Issue,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Payable</div><div style="text-align: center;">in Advance.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Half Inch, 75 Ct.</div></span><br />MOBILE, run about 1,600 miles, excellent<br />steamer, perfect condition, trial given. Price,<br />$350. Dr. B. A. O'Bryon, Ridgefleld, Conn.<div><br />WHITE Steam Carriage, in A 1 condition, except<br />finish on body, which shows wear.<br />Price, $875. Address M. T. C, care Horseless Age.</div><div><br />CLEVELAND Tricycle, $100, cost $350. Orient<br />tricycle. 3-1/4 h. p. motor, water cooled head. 2-1.2-<br />inch G. & J. tires, $200, cost $450; fine condition.<br />Harry R. Geer, 1017, Pine St., St. Louis, Mo.</div><div><br />VICTOR Steam Automobile with victoria top.<br />Used but little In perfect order, and good<br />in every way as new. William Mossman, Mattapan,<br />Mass.</div><div><br />WINTON, 1900 model, in good condition. New<br />Apple igniter, full leather top; 8-1.2 h. p.<br />Price, $800. M. Bonner Flinn, 15 King St., Worcester,<br />Mass.</div><div><br />OLDSMOBILE. new this season, used by agent<br />for demonstrating, condition perfect. No<br />better value offered anywhere. Address A. B. C,<br />care this office.</div><div><br />WINTON Surrey and Single Seat for sale, $1,000<br />and $750; late improvements, first class order<br />for instant use, many extras. Robin Damon,<br />Salem, Mass.</div><div><br />A $35 grade Acetylene Automobile Headlight in<br />good order. Box 227, Springfield, Mass.</div><div><br />IMPORTANT—I will now sell my patent Reversing<br />Valve for auto steam engines at a<br />sacrifice, or would exchange for an auto. D. W.<br />Roy, Box 431. Tucson, Ariz.</div><div><br /></div><div>FOR SALE.<br />Mons. Serpollet's World's Record Breaking</div><div>Car, which holds the world's kilometre<br />record of 29-4/5 seconds, equal to 75 miles per<br />hour. Price. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">₤</span>2,000, or nearest offer. Apply<br />to W. L. CREYKE,<br />16 George St., Oxford, England.</div><div><br />FOR SALE.<br />1901 Winton. Just had $118.40 worth of improvements,<br />including 1902 spark advancer<br />and oiler, new wiring, sprockets, etc. In<br />good running order. Price, cash, $850—if<br />taken immediately.<br />R. J. SALTSMAN, 2d, Erie, Pa.</div><div><br /></div><div>FOR SALE.<br />1900 Winton in perfect order. New differential,<br />new change speed gears, spark advancer, Dietz<br />lamps, Edison battery, two 4x36-inch extra tires.<br />$650. U. S, " Long Distance" with top, mud<br />guards, Dietz lamps, odometer, extra tire and<br />Edison battery. Has been run but little, and is<br />better than new. $850,<br />DR. DANIEL LONGAKER,<br />645 N. Eighth St., Philadelphia, Pa.</div><div><br />FOR SALE.<br />A 12 h. p. practically new Gasmobile<br />Surrey. Special finish, in perfect running<br />order; can be seen by appointment. Price,<br />$2,200. Reason for selling, owner has purchased<br />larger machine.<br />Address C. D., care Horseless Age.</div><div><br />FOR SALE.<br />Haynes-Apperson single seated automobile;<br />1902 model, detachable, reversible<br />front seat ; will accommodate two extra<br />people; in first-class order; has run perhaps<br />five or six hundred miles; can be seen and<br />tried at the residence of the owner. Price,<br />one thousand dollars ($1,000). Address<br />ALFRED I. DuPONT,<br />Wilmington, Del.</div><div><br />FOR SALE,<br />Winton Surrey, 1901 model, with<br />new spark advancer, new tires and<br />two extra tires, $1,000.</div><div>H. C. TODD,<br />1416 So. Perm. Square, Philadelphia.</div><div><br />FOR SALE.<br />Six Mobile Wagonettes, seating capacity<br />ten passengers each; not one of these machines<br />has been run over 150 miles ; all are<br />in as good condition as when they left the<br />factory. Price, |1,600, cash, f. o. b. cars<br />San Jose, Cal.<br />ROBERT C. KIRKWOOD,<br />Mountain View, Cal.</div><div><br />FOR SALE<br />or exchange for light gasoline or electric<br />runabout, one Columbia Mark<br />XII. Runabout, new last November,<br />three new tires, valued at $350 ; also<br />one 22-foot cabin gasoline launch,<br />double cylinder motor, not run 50<br />miles. Value, $600. Will sell or<br />exchange either or both.<br />AUTO-MARINE ELECTRICAL CO.,<br />Waikins, It. Y.</div><div><br />FOR SALE.<br />Geuuine De Dion Quadricycle, 2-1/4 h. p.<br />Longuemare carburetor, Chenard front seat,<br />new tires and extra tubes, extra valves,<br />rubber apron, gas lamps, horn, tricycle<br />wheel, in fine condition, except paint.<br />Have larger machine. Price, $250.<br />E. T BIRDSALL,<br />170 Woodland Ave., New Rochelle, N. Y.</div><div><br />A WHITE STEAMER.<br />I offer for sale the above carriage, guaranteed<br />to be strictly first class in every respect. Complete<br />with top, side curtains, boot, lamps and outfit<br />of tools. Manufacturers' price, $1,200. My<br />price, $900 cash.<br />FLOYD A. GOODWIN,<br />Bay City, Michigan.</div><div><j0 positively=""><br />FOR SALE—My 1901 De Dion 5 H. P. Motorette,<br />built on special order and used latter part of<br />summer just mough to get everything into perfect<br />working order. This carriage will seat four; has<br />fine leather top; large rubber storm boot; specially<br />large gasoline tank; oil tank and pump.<br />Speed controlled by pedal or lever, as desired.<br />Numerous improvements of details; also efficient<br />sprag. Tires, 30 in. by 3-1.2 in. Goodrich "Clinchers"<br />now good as new and very satisfactory (am placing<br />same type on my new carriage). This machine<br />was cared for by one of the best machinists in extensive<br />engine building works, and is far better<br />than a new carriage would be. It is specially designed<br />for moderate speed country touring, and<br />has proven its reliability. No parts are worn<br />more than to secure good surface. Has just been<br />repainted. Cost nearly $1,700. Will deliver immediately<br />on board cars and pay freight to any<br />point in United States, but will not take less than<br />$1,200 cash. Photograph sent on application. E. E.<br />KELLER, Vice-President The Westinghouse Machine<br />Company, Pittsburg, Pa.</j0></div><div><j0 positively=""><br />FOIL SALE<br />1901 12-Horse Power Winton semi-racer, with<br />leather phaeton top, which has never been used ;<br />has spark advancer, throttle governor, Holtzer-<br />Cabot magneto sparker with automatic switch to<br />batteries; wheel steering, and is capable of 40<br />miles an hour over good roads; has just been<br />thoroughly overhauled and is in first-class condition<br />for this season's work. Price $1,500.<br />Address GEORGE F. FOOTE,<br />Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.</j0></div><div><j0 positively=""><br />VOLUME VIII.<br />of the Horseless Age, bound with<br />without advertisements, $5.<br />The Horseless Age,<br />Times Building, New York.<br /><br /></j0></div><div><br /></div><div>-------------------------------</div><div><j0 positively=""><b>WE CAN SELL YOUR AUTO</b>, </j0></div><div><j0 positively="">whether a $15,000 Panhard or a motor cycle made with<br />your own hands. We have customers for any and all kinds.<br />Oldest established general Automobile Agency In the United States.<br /><b>DU BOIS' AUTOMOBILE AGENCY</b>, 220 Broadway, New York.</j0></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07725972921319438115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874176434294782296.post-77119884506598695972009-09-27T13:38:00.000-04:002009-09-27T13:38:00.770-04:00The Clark Detachable Tire.<div><br /></div><div>The Clark Tire Company, of Chicago,</div><div>111., have recently placed upon the market</div><div>a new detachable tire, differing considerably</div><div>from the usual tire of this description.</div><div>It is composed of a strut band, a casing</div><div>and an inner tubing.</div><div><br /></div><div>The strut band is composed of a strip of</div><div>metal to which are attached a number of</div><div>struts so spaced and arranged that when</div><div>placed on the rim five of the struts engage</div><div>the openings in a standard rim.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Deuq4eOQ-pSxKq74TCsMJR6P1P1BwoelxKyKDJerAnrcyJsQNc-DcnxiB2CCs4WRATjBROGVhTN_t8B3lI6WmCBxMWKlOOkoxD0S0-D48B37d5Fa934_kZKzXUh38ijGHox-7CTMVdc/s400/Clark+tire+section.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 381px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382121395044726962" /></div><div><br /></div><div>The casing is made of the Para rubber</div><div>and constricting fabric; it is molded in</div><div>oval form to give it a compressed tread.</div><div>Upon each side of the casing is a chafing</div><div>roll so placed as to lie directly upon the</div><div>rim edges, thus preventing the rim from</div><div>coming in contact with the casing proper.</div><div>Eyelets are placed in the casing under the</div><div>chafing rolls and so spaced as to engage</div><div>the struts on the band.</div><div><br /></div><div>The tube is said to be of extra heavy</div><div>construction.</div><div><br /></div><div>The compressed tread is an advantage,</div><div>as by its means cuts or punctures have a</div><div>tendency to close immediately. The manufacturers,</div><div>however, do not claim a puncture</div><div>proof tire.</div><div><br /></div><div>Repairs can be effected on the road, and</div><div>without the use of tools any part of the</div><div>casing can be released and the inner tube</div><div>withdrawn at the place punctured, a patch</div><div>applied and a permanent repair effected,</div><div>without the loss of much time.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07725972921319438115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874176434294782296.post-83692485082096652212009-09-26T13:25:00.000-04:002009-09-26T13:25:00.456-04:00Minor MentionDuring his recent visit to London the<br />Shah of Persia bought six automobiles,<br />each of 12 horse power, roofed and convertible<br />into a close carriage. Each car<br />has seating accommodations for eight<br />persons. Two of the vehicles are to be<br />sent to Persia immediately with engineers<br />who have been engaged for them.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07725972921319438115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874176434294782296.post-64362984975479719582009-09-26T13:17:00.000-04:002009-09-26T13:17:00.214-04:00RemovalTo secure more room we have moved our office from the<br />sixth to the thirteenth floor of the American Tract Society<br />Building, where our advertisers and subscribers are invited to<br />call.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07725972921319438115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874176434294782296.post-78682417475594743352009-09-25T12:58:00.000-04:002009-09-25T12:58:00.033-04:00Alcohol Motors<div><br /></div><div>In the <i>Acetylene Number</i>, to be issued in May, we shall</div><div>also consider the availability of alcohol as a fuel for vehicle</div><div>motors. It is well known that alcohol is a poor fuel as compared</div><div>with gasoline or kerosene, and that its economical use</div><div>in motors would only be possible if the price of gasoline were</div><div>raised to the point of extortion or its supply should fail and</div><div>the tax on alcohol now levied by the Government were abolished.</div><div><br /></div><div>Still, we shall endeavor to present some interesting</div><div>facts in regard to this fuel.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07725972921319438115noreply@blogger.com0