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Lighting
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When daylight fades in tho new House of Commons; arti Acial lighting will be intro duced as discreetly as possible j to avoid distracting-Members addressing the House.
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In equipping the new ber, which is now rapidly near- Alanaḍstion, I was decided to use the best in muttern lighting techulque employing Osram cold cathode fluorescent lamps, but a problem arose in devising medos of controlling the light output of these lampa from zero to. full brightness,
You сад tin- couple any de- sired length
of
belt from a 'real of VeeLink in Iers than sixty ecconde. There'
no need to keep
a large inventory
various
of
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In collaboration with the. hr-
chitect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott,
O.M., R.A., and the Consulting Engineers, Dr. Oscar Faber nod Partners, the luminating
En- gineers and the Research Labo ratories of The Generaf Electri Company Ltd., of England have produced a scheme which meets these requirements, and which is believed to be the first of its kind.
The architect has designed his ceiling in the form of 130 panels with carved anke framing for the celling lights, and this is a note- craftsman- worthy example of
ship, belt
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be replaced in
few minutes.
It takes only a [ew minutes to install
VeeLink drive. the That's why Vee
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tion time. Link belts
Can
be removed from old machines and easily installed on others in opera tion.
VeeLink V-belt stays on rightl VeeLink link construction pro vides quick, eary tension adjust
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to and
keeps
machinery run- ning at full speed and productivity. Sudo rall or pivoted motor bases are not aceded.
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for in daylight it 13 seen as an architectural feature ot great beauty with no suggestion of being the frame- work of a lighting system.
Behind each.', of the celling panels of the Chamber is a spiral cathode Osram fluorescent lamp, the complete. Installation being
process in
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A part of the equipment at the new operating at tia Tau Ching, Kowicon--"Chine Mall" photo.
De-rusting by electrolytic
action done here
operated by a new type of con- The merits of a process which enables rust and
trol gear which enables the ge- neral lighting to be increased Dr reduced to any level between'| zero and full brightness at the It is direction of the Speaker, estimated that the cold cathodo units will hot need replacing for 10 years.
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lighting in
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other forms of corrosion to be removed with- out interference with the sound metal beneath and without the nded for 'dismantling in tho case of mechanical components, ard too' ob- vious to need strossing.
The Under-Gallery and A process which achieves these results has been developed since the war, following a series of unsuccessful war-time experiments.
the Chamber
dow is from Osram hot cathode fluo rescent lamps which will be conl=| trolled in a' similar manner to
the ceiling lights, The effect of the whole scheme when at its Jfull brillianco !will be to buthe the Chamber in a mellow sunny light:
The G.E.C. of England will also be responsible for the dd
aid farmers
„American agriculture leained ot two major developments-of great importance to its future at a meeting of the North Control Weed Control Conférence, va
One is a plan of the U. S. Agri. culture Department to establish a Inow weed 'division: The other-ls- the development of" Ave now chanicals which experta say will open up 4. new Add of weed, con
states Plant experts from 14 and four Canadian provinces attended the three-day morting
of the conference, one of four i
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the United States. Represented - Pimara kings were the four branches of weed- DAVID HOUSE fighting-research, education, re gulation and industry,
It has bech estimated weedi are responsible for an annual.rem duction in American farm pro- cent. Their
· duction of- 10 per damage is exceeded only by that of soil erosion.
the
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New division planned - Dr. R.-M. Salter, chitf":'of the bureau of plant industry.at Belts- ville, Maryland, announced plans for a now wood division. Salte: sald
for the division em- need phasises the progress made in weed control in recent years.
The progress has been so great, ho sold that the job now can Un handled beat
beat by a national agency co-ordinating all work on wedd control
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Baler and he will appoint bé ELECTRIC MOTORS
Roy Lovveth of North Caroliŋja Agricultural College to head the new weed division:
corntive attinge to be installeaf and other manufamaged by guishable from new,
The - tức new chemicals afe 'selectiva herbicides; That is, they select their prey' and 'Isave other plants unharmed. Dr. L. M. Stali- fer of South Dakota Agricultural College
who arinounced their de- velopment; said the time is com ing. when specific chemicals wil be used on weeds isi aach parti- cular crop. The new chemicals are a step in that direction, he cold.
The chemicals, which have highly technical names, are not The initial experiments' were | quite small, but they consisted of carried out in the early days of very intricate assemblies which you ready for market because of the war, when an experlinuntat would otherwise have required a need for further experimenta- plant was installed by Modern many hours of highly skilled on but Stall will be at a re
said when they Machine Tools, Ltd., of Coventry, labour in dismantling and re-do go on
latively low cost to the farmer. under the auspices of the Minis-assembling. try Supply
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with the object of As it was, they were being Smaller quantities will be needed salvaging valuable machine tools treated complete, and on removal per acre than are
needed with plant from the bath, were indistih-chemicals now in use; which had
Speakers at the conference en- water and exposure us the result Yet a further application of phasised one major themes the enemy action. After many months the process it in the treatment need for more uniform weed con- of painstaking experiments. The of new paris in the course of trol laws; among the
operation of
states. They cautioned farmers manufacture, secret of successful the
still remained to be dis- plant
The process has already been not to be led astray by
Spet covered and further work on the
cuccessfully employed for retacular developments in chemical subject was abandoned.
moval of sand from intricate warfare on plants, such as the Following the cessation of hos-castings, whilst a further field of wartime development of 2,4-D, tiltics, Modern Machine Tools, development is the pre-treatment at the cost of regular good farm- Ltd, Lu resumed experimental work of steel parts before they are ing practices.
finally successful Fesults painted or cellulosed, the com- Proper cultivation, they said in were obtaine
More research nete removal of any traces of effect is the base on which--weed-
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in the remainder of the House of Commons, namely, Ministers Rooms, Committee Rooms, Lob- bles and Corridors,
By arrangement with the ar- chitect and consulting engineers, and In order to hislen complex tion of the work within the time
required, part of this work won Awith Oster and Fafo-operation
be undertaken th
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"Whiˇbe carried out by continued by an associate value in bchieving maximum ali- The General Electric Co. Ltd. company, Derustit,
Derustit, Ltd, of 47, hesion of the finish and in avoid beca said to indicate its very of England Is 'represented In Victoria Street, London, S.W.1, ing subsequcht flaking caused by Hong Kong by the British Geneswarious parts of England. Negotia-finish.
which has installed plants in the growth of rust below the wide scope both. In
and manufacture. Derustik (Hong- #tions are also going ahead in In- The size of articles which can Kong) Ltd, will be pleased to be treated is governed solely by deal with any inquiries regarding As already indicated, the pro- the size of the electrolytic bath particular applications
formed cess is electrolylle in principle, installed:
Companies have been and consists of immersing the
in many parts of Great Britain, and overseas territories are al articles to be treated in an alkal bath and passing a low-voltage
The Hong Kong Company's ready, represented by Canadian, current through them, on much tanks are approximate 0x9x9 feet South African and Bwedish cr- the some lines as are followed and can therefore accommodate anisations, as well as a French very large Hems of plant or other subsidiary, which has granted by plating.
drticles requiring treatment. licences for operating of the pro- The process can be operated on cess in most European countries. In this case, however, pussago ven such assemblies as electri- rusti!"
The Intest addition to the “Do- all actals except aluminium, and of the electric current has just cal switchgear can be treated
companies Is Deristit Kong) Ltd. HOPE the opposite effect, and instead of without dismantling and without formed la 1938 with an authorised
a; compahya |-~ a deposit being produced on the harm to the componenta al capital of HK$500,000. This com articles treated, the result is to though all traces of paint or party acquired the rights to loosen any deposit sirendy' on the metal and bring it away from cellulose are, of course, removed operate the process and have lh- Its not possible here to deal stalled the most up-to-date de- with all potential applications of rusting plant in existence in their
but suficient. Has promilies at Ma Tall Chung this process,
LIGHTING its precious!
A regular check on lighting: Installations is attential if specified Numination-javets are to. be MAINTAINED, and if full value for currènt- consumeds to be ensured
The GEC M903: Illuminatión, Matir fiyas direct readings from Tungiamor Fluorüicint light sources, whilst reference to the correction: factor "tible engravedi uni thợ back "off the Instrumenti mukas possibia stcurses-readings: "for Neon, Mercury Art and Sodium Dachirgo-
Size 1}°-2{"X1]}^_Weight15 ozs.
Complete with caro
Further urticulars in leaflet No.
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The colibrated acofar (0-50 ft. candles and 0-500·lúž)ḥato- pet at an angla to enable eŭvý, readings to be taken Without tho pozafblilty of shading tha.
INATION METER
Opposite effect
the surfaces:
The chemical composition of the alkall solution is, of course a trade secret, but it is fumeless and la claimed to bo. hon injurious to operators. of the plant.
Two very important advantages over mechanical systems of re- moving rust and corrosion are that no sound metel is attacked, - and that complete mechanical assemblies or machines can be treated without need for disman {'tling.!
The former advantage is of great benefit in that, apart from any surfsco motal which has al- ready rústed or corroded;"', there is no reduction in the dimensions of articles treated as happeni when abrasivo action is employs edf"
surver" in Uile case ofʻʼn
which has become pitted but is otherwise. sound, the Dat rustit process will remove all trace of corrosion from the bara of the pitting without Interfering with the sound
face" t'oril
So far, ai, tho' components is concerned, the ade vantage of the system is two-fold In the Arst place; it avoids the damage, which sometimes: In avitable. In diamantling, badly rusted parts, and, in the wotobi place, it reduces inbour, coll where Intricate: meshu concerned.
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