Wartime Device Has Peacetime Value
Even when King. Haakon of trut
purposes requiring rapitt Norway travels by road, he canInterchange of communication.
possible to
One of the leading engineers in aeronauticat clrcles, American Mr. Philip Taylor, has visited a number of American, British and olier European aircraft factories
remain in telephonie communica. dion'with his Ministers, for he has had his car atted with a radio. telephone
From system.
the various makes avaliable, a British Arm was selected as supplier and instructed us well to ft Nor. wegian police cars with this radio. telephony. This system makes it link A considerable number of mobile units with each ellier as well as with a fixed cen. trol point. The same system is in use too, for instance, in British broken communication with the "perations rooin" and with each other. This system was origiam.
any present U.S. is constructed in World War 11
In less than three years, 1 keep tanks in communication type."
will bc putting Jet. with their command or alrcraft Britain
The propelled passenger liters on the with
hases. their Innd manufacturers were
convinced market with which no American
be will that their war.time device would machines
ports to keep steam tugs in un.
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1947.
ENGINEERING PAGE
Plans Going Ahead For Hong Kong
Engineering Society
aomc-
A few weeks ago. mention, this page that teams of local grave defects both of which will steam 'ralaing and this steam, In order to judge for himself the was made on this page of the engineers should collaborate in have to eliminated before sub-in turn, to be used in a conven- various countries' productive effi. proposed formation of the En-carrying out research into local stantial progress can be made tional turbine. Estimates show
declared thatgineering
of Society Hong problems will by no means be in the clency. Be has
adaptation of atomic that the cost per unit of elee Britain is three to four years in Kong. Although the hot weather negletted. It is also hoped that energy to praceful purposes. trical energy would be advance of the United States as has somewhat delayed organisa- close touch may be maintained Firstly, although tremendous what higher than energy pro- regards the construction of Jet-elan work, it is proceeding and with the engineering side of amounts of heat energy are produced by conventional methods propelled aircraft and lins added, it is hoped very shortly to call the Hong Kong University as duced under controlled atomic but, at least, this promises that
The Brilish are
time anal meeting of representa well as with the Hong Kong fission, this energy is of a low by the time natural sources of concentrating their full resources tive local engineers for the pur- Technical College, and that by grade, that is, at a low tem and efforts on the development none of drawing up a draft con- of new aircraft....which will be stitution for submission to a superior to
wider meeting to be called later in the year.
at this
able to le be af service in peacetime compete, Air travel with these and to that end continued with machines will be cheaper than at their designs, The next 20 years present, and faster since their 500 m.ph. and are expected to reveal the dep. speed will be
While it is not intended invishly to follow the constitu- n of the Engineering Society of China, L
thought that a. constitution!
of th sort might usefully
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the new association. So far, It has not been possible to obtain from Shanghai a copy of the bye-laws of the Engineering Society of China and if any reader of this column has a copy in his possession, it will be appreciated if it could be loaned for the purpose of making a copy. If copy is available, kladly send it to the Editor of the Engineering page of the
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fuel such as coal and oil begin to be exhausted, we shall be able to build atomic power plants to take their place. The second difficulty, according to latest reports, shows little signs of being overcome and the necessity of huge masacs of shielding material necessarily limit the application of atomic power to large stationary units in the nature of super power- Interest in the new society may or electrical energy by any pre- are the discovery of a method be maintined at all levels.
sent known technique. Second of releasing atomic energy ly, the by-products of atomic without the production of dan- Atomic Power: Many pro- fission are highly radio-active gerous radio-active by-products at Arst and dangerous to life; thus it is and secondly, the production of blems, some of them sight almost insuperable, will only possible at present to a now effective shielding have to be solved before atomic operate atomic plants by re-material power can be put to use us an mote control from behind im bulk. effective substitute for other mensely thick shields of con-
If civilisation does not des- of energy. forms
has crete, steel and lead,
troy itself by the uncontrolled learnt to release atomic energy Steam Raising
use of atomic power, we would but so far has not entirely mus-
Research is pregressing to appear to be the beginning of tered its control and in this overcome these dufects and so
a cra where-in mankind will respect, the stage of develop- far as the first is concerned, it have at its disposal, the un- that is now thought that a suitable fitted energy locked up in the extors in the control of fire. At ed that will release the energy who would deny the possibility nge an- production plant can be design-atom and he will be rash indeed the production of at a suciently high tempera- of tremendous developments in atomic energy suffers from two ture to enable it to be used for the next decade.
Man
ment can be likened to reached by our stone
musb.
had its inception in the of talks on Engineering jects organised by Mr. John present, Finnle Ert Stanley Camp which were carried un bi- weekly with hardly a break for some 3 years.
The wealth of local engineeri ug talent and the number of able speakers OA engineering kubjects disclosed by these laiks, led the sponsors to be- lieve that, not only would a use- ful purpose be served by the formation of an Engineering
of greatly reduced
Experiments In Heating
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Studies of penol heating will be made. To permit either floor or ceiling us heat- use of
ing panels, both have been built
Society, but that it would beR. W. Roose, pretty young inside and outside the
it was no surprise to Mrs. readings of the temperatures | heating plant for a test of first. possible
to get enough local wife of a veterun. to look up speakers on engineering subfrom her ironing the other day for it is from such jects to maintain a permanent and see a flock of reporters and that the experts will draw im- and lively interest in engineer-photographers
tbrough portant conclusions about em- ing subjects.
her kitchen. Primary Purpose
'clency and cost of home heating. on open-web steel joists. Ex- Mrs. Roose is used to such Fortunately for him, he doesn't terior pancin of walls and ceil- The old Institution of En-visits. She lives in a new house have to make the rounds of the ings are not nalled into place Kineers and Ship-Builders at which is attracting visitors 240 thermocouples to find out but screwed in, to facilitate one time made a regular feature from all parts of the of the presentation of papers States and from distant lands, high-ceilinged basement there or in the wiring of research United the temperatures. In his clean, changes in the heating system on engineering subjects, but of because of its unique character stands a central instrument devices. lalter years, this side of its It is the warin-alr, research activities was somewhat neglect residence. first experimental Roose's washing machine. Here ed and the institution became house in the Small-Home Re- the temperature at each largely a social club and library. search Center at the University 240 points can be read by mere-
It is hoped that the new So-] 01 Minois. Other research ly flipping the right ciety, by concentrating its acti- houses and a main building for Four miles of wire connect the awitch. vities
on the presentation of laboratory, shops, and special tiny instruments to the master papers of general and local en facilities are planned for, later gineering interest, will be able construction in the Center. to keep this primary purpose in view. On the other hand, the suggestion made previously in,
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A number of new ideas are The chimney is a 10-inch molded being tried out in the basement. asbestos tile which looks like an ordinary pipe. A new type of duct is used for carrying the hot air. is of uniform size throughout, permitting use of Mrs. Roose lives in this house There are other readings to standardized sizes in the take. because the experts of the small bo taken here-humidity, baro-offs. This is said to reduce cost. Homes Council of the Univer-metric pressure, draft, fuel and Mude of aluminum to got sity think it important that electricity used, and length of 10und the steel shortages, the tests of domestic heating be operation of burner and blower. ducts present a neat appearance. made under normal living con- It keeps the Rooses at home a ditions as well as in the labora- good deal, although some of the tory. They want to know how records are made automatically. heating in affected by people A continuous record of any 12 running in and out of doors, by temperatures can
be taken for cooking, by opening bedroom a month at two-minute inter- windows at night. Inasmuch as vals by machine, Mr. Roose is the special re- Findings here are expected to search assistant on the project. prove of value to the big mans It was logical that he and his of small home owners in the wife should be chosen
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"If the ideas tested here prove Most brides would be glad, successful as previous labora as Mrs. Rooso ls, to get such a tory findings indicate they will trim modern house in these be," says Mr. Roose, "they may days of housing scarcity. But point the way to lowered cost they might find it a bit trying of home-heating installations." to keep open, house for visitors
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Wherever you go in the house you are likely to see innova- Lion. For this house is a pilot plant. When Mrs. Roose copics a dinner or does an ironing, she. has the satisfaction of knowing that she is contributing to the ultimate comfort of middle-in- come familles all over the na tion by putting to practical test now heating developments. To in showing the house, she en- judge by her smile and patience joys her responsibility.
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