1924 BUICKS
THE HONGKONG, TELEGR
SATURDAY
JANUARY
RADIO NOTES AND NEWS.
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SYNCHRONOME
ELECTRIC CLOCKS.
For the sixth consecutive year Buick has been assigned first place at the National Automobile Shows which will be held in the United States during January 1924.
As has been the case in previous years, the choice of positions was made on the basis of the greatest dollar volume of business done by manufacturers during the year at hand. The fact that Buick has been given first place six times in succession is convincing evidence of Buick's leadership, and the leadership of General Motors, in the automotive world.
Buick is now producing over 1000 cars a day-the greatest production in its history,
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Here's efficiency in radio. It's a radio receiving and transmitting set as a large as a popular receiver alone. That is how far the United States Army Signal Corps has advanced in this science. The set was used recently in army manoeuvres in Texas. Notice the hand generator at the right.
THE VALVE'S RIVAL
In the case of the transmitter, the high-frequency current from
[of a high-frequency generator Until recently the Poulsen arccenverter set is intermediary
between 65 and 80 per cent. and the valve types of C. W. or telephony transmission have been universally used, but a new invention, the Schmidt high-the machine is through the inter- frequency generator. bids fair to mediary of a capacity and self- become a serious rival, and to induction supplied to a frequency partly supplant the valve from transformer, and odd multiples of the smaller as well as from the the fundamental frequency being obtained by merely larger stations. says Popular readily
altering the tuning with Wireless.
this transformer without any High frequency generators have so far only been used for continuous current excitation.
The frequency transformer is large wireless transmitters, the
placed in an oil casing cooled smaller wares used in minor either with water or air, and stations being supplied by none
comprises generally a single of the high-frequency machines coil The efficiency of conver ia general use. Further, the
sion from the fundamental waves necessity of keeping constant the to the waves actually desired is number of revolutions, which in intermediary between 50 and 20
the case of shorter waves is
particularly important, constitut-Per cent, and upper harmonics
being disposed of entirely. ed a problemi for which no satis- factory solution has as yet been available.
な
Buch of these difficulties, how exer. seem now to have been solved with remarkable success
power
.
TUNING SIMPLE.
An intermediate circuit is in the case of minor stations coupled to the coupling self-indurtion t whereas in connection with larger
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by Mr. K. Schmidt, chief engineer stations the antenna is couplert to the U. Lorenz Company, whose direct without giving rise to up- new machine sender is used with per harmonics. Thus the wave excellent results not only in high-desired is first-adjusted is the a impulse circuit, after which the etations employing limited number of wave-lengths, intermediate circuit and, faally. are tuned. Any as heretofore, but also in the the antenna place of vacuum tube transmit-given wave-length is thus obtain ters in medium size and small ed in the most simple manner. The speed controller used for stations employing a consider- able range of wave-lengths. Į regulating the number of revolu waves as short as 600 metrestions consists of a plate spring: being generated directly with arranged on a disc or itomediate while 300 on the rotor of the high- perfect constancy, metre waves will no doubt shortly frequency machine. This spring be obtained. Machine enders of comprises two contacts acting on one another in such a way as to this new type are extremely simple in operation. requiring make contact once during each only the switching-in of the con- revolution, the time of contact. verter and adjusting-of wave-being dependent on the speed of lengths, while the regulation of rotation of the motor. Regula:- the number of revolutions ising organs provided between
contacts-e.g. the! the two entirely automatic.
field resistance in the case of CONSTRUCTION OF THE continuous-current shunt motors
GENERATOR.
are thus short-circuited. The The Schmidt machine sender spring is thrown outward by is designed for antenna cutputs centrifugal force. while under- of 0.5. kw. to 1,000 kw. Con-going at the same time the action! tinuous current or 3-phase cur- of gravity; its dimensions are so rent motors are used for operat- calculated as to ensure a contact ing the high-frequency generator, of variable duration, in accord- the former alone being necessary ance with the actual affect of in the case of minor stations: gravity, thus controlling the THE HUMAN ZOO while 3-phase motors are prefer-starting motor in the same man- able for larger stations working per as in the case of the Tirrell with longer waves. All high-regulator.. frequency machines of the new type are operated at a speed of 3,000 r.p.m., and are coupled The first anniversary recently direct to the motor. Their funda-passed of the official beginning England. mental frequency is 5,000 to of broadcasting" in 8,000 cycles per second, and their Great developments have been circumferential speed does not seen since, on November14, 1922, exceed a maximum of about 115
and weather bulletins news metres per secondi.e. the limit
were
out from reports
sent generally considered compatible wireless stations in London and with safe operation in the case of Manchester, to be picked up by the thousands of people who then normal machinery.
The new high-frequency ma-possessed receiving sets. It is chine is a standard homopolar estimated that at the present dynamo, specially designed for time "approximately a million in Grist Britain high-frequency generation. In people
any fact, it is the simplest type of listen on
night. of dynamo imaginable. The current the week to the programmes British by the The second service was, also,
a The Cheshire County Gaol at is generated in stationary transmitted
The standard, it is scarcely worth of nine dishes-all roast. Or Knutsford is at present empty so coil, the rotor is massive, and Broadcasting Company.
tolans. teal, quail, ruffs, knotts, the Knutsford Council have de- has neither slip-ring nor coil, so Postmaster-General announced peachicks, snipe, and partridges cided to ask the Prison Commis- that the safety of operation of recently that 492,000 broadcast sole, slice from the baron of beef, but history is silent regarding interes temporary dwell-preclude practically any possi-and it, may be taken that this A little turtle soup, a fillet of were eight of the birds provided,sioners if portion of the building) such a machine is sufficient to ing licences had now been issued.} with a roasted potato, or a bit of the ninth. partridge or pheasant, and
ings. It is pointed out that there bility of breakdown. Converters majority of the licence-bolders | #sweet, and the feast is over.
In the third service were is a great shortage of houses, and up to the largest outputs are de-use more than one pair of tele vegetables-green peas, green consequent overcrowding, in the signed with air cooling, which, phones, and that many have But, of course, nobody goes to morelles, green truffles, cardoons, town. This plan would relieve from the point of view of safe added a loud speaker to their ap the Guildhall on this occasion for and artichokes, but these were the housing and overcrowding operation, presents considerable paratus. Two years ago English the sake of the dinner. The supplemented by ducks tongues troubles, and ulterations could be advantages. Ball bearings are broadcasting was limited to a few speeches are the main attraction, and fat, livers--11 dishes in all quickly carried out In pre-war used in high-frequency machines amateurs who exchanged experi together with the privilege of To wind up was a variety of days there were 700 prisoners at up to 200 kw., which makes for mental messages among them-
additional safety. The efficiency selves. being "among those present." "curious ornaments in pastry and Knutsford,
GOG AND MAGOG It was far different in olden teakes, jellies, biomonges in many
times. Then a banquet was shapes, figures and colours." FEASTS.
[banquet.
In all, not including the dessert, There has happily been pre- there were placed on the table served to us the menu of the 414 dishes, hot and cold. banquet in 1761, which was graced by the presence of George III. "Champagnes, burgundy, and In accordance with the custom other valuable wines were to be In these days the Guildhall of the times on great occasions had everywhere, and nothing was
services." there were four
so scarce as water."
When Guildhall Banquet Had 414 Dishes.
The first consisted of nine dis
banquet on the historic "9th" is a modest affair from the culinary point of view, says a mail paper.hes turtle soup, renison, and fish of various kinds, including
out
By what may be called, with dorys, mullets, soles, and teach.
offence, the aldermanic
consideration.
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