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The Thornycroft plans is itted to the War Office type chassis, which has a four Finder engine of 114 and 159 mm. bore
raka The only difference made for paration on gas is that the compression. rankis raised. All patrol is dispensed with The plans as started by means of a hand blower, and the engine can be run ou gaa in about ten minutes.
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As most people know, gas of this kind mixture to be obtained. can be produced not only from anthracite or charcoal, but from any carbonaceous. matter. There is no doubt, however, that the plant is most casily run with charcoal,
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is far less troublesome, as there is no bauster into the discharge pipe and through non-return valve into the clinker, and that the quality of the gas
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commerciales are exhausted above the roof of gie-plants for metor-vehicles has been said would, of the cab, so that they do not cause incon- course, be an exaggeration; on the other enience to driver or to naighbouring The fact that gas may be hand, the system is aimady a practical traffic.
discharging without having done useful proposition And 1ot morely experiment calling for much labour la work is a possible weak point, but the disadvantage is very slight compared with maintenanca or skill in operation.
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I propose to give, briefly a few details That attention has been successfully concerning the Thornycroft production, paid to the most important question of I have choem this make for three reasons accessibility may be judged from the -first, because the firm has been carrying following particulars:—All manholes and out experiments with producer gas-for cleaning doors-are easily removable by year the company was awarded a gold the use KEY TO GROW BICH.or-boats, etc.-since 1900, in which means of dogs or of ayants to obviate deposit, the result of using hard or of: : spanners. The attention brackish water, naturally impairs medal in the Motor Boat Reliability required by the plant naturally depends efficient evaporation. The height of the THE CHINA INDUSTRIES Trinis; secondly, because in the recent in the main upon the kind of fuel used. hopper is adjustable according to the DEVELOPMENT BANKING trials for suction gas producers for To clean the dust extractor, it is only nature of the fuel used, for instance, with motor vehicles conducted on behalf of the necessary to remove the doors at the charcoal, which is a light, bulky sub- CORPORATION, LIMITED.
French Government, the Thornycroft bottom by slacking back large fy-outs, stanco, the hopper is extended to the roof DUDDELL STREET, gives to all its Depositors gained the highest marks; and thirdly, and in the case of the scrubber, since of the cab.
technical reason-namely, that the inside can be completely removed by That there is already a demand for owing to special patented arrangements taking off one fly-nut, repacking with producer gas planta suitable for u30 00 Members Shanghai Share Brokers' Assoc AUTHORISED CAFITAL $1,000,000.00 an adequate supply of proper quality gas fresh material such as wood, wool, or commercial motor vehicles is recognized, tion),
is provided on opening up the engine horsehair is a simple matter. The main and especially is this the case in the after the vehicle has been standing for piping is fitted with brackets and dust Colonice Messrs Thornycroft tell me GREEK'S PATENT ANCHORS.
à time, say, in a traffic block or in pockets at the rear end, so that cleaning that, owing to the number of inquiries making a delivery or collection.
from Frames nd other European may be maly done. This desirable quality is by no menos The water is carried in the petrol tank, countries, arrangements have been made the rule with all makes of producer ga and it is worth noting that the heat of to manufacture the plant across the plant. Those persons who think that in the exhaust gases, besing necessarily Channel, by which the adverse rate of installation of this kind is a box of proportionate to the enge power exchange may be counteracted." " tricks, is ungainly, inaccessible as a whole, developed, enables the right amount of Mr. A. B. Roxburgh, the representative difficult to keep clean, and cannot be storm to be provided for the producer of Messrs. J. J. Thornycroft & Co, Ltd, made part and parcel of an ordinary The steam generator can be taken to is now in the Colony and will be happy to lorry, can reassure themselves, for such piecos, which is an asset, since scaly discuss the subject referred to abore with is not the caso.
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