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E OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST SALESROOMS
he salesroom of the New York Branch of the Buick Motor Company th Street and Broadway, New York, sells and delivers more ears horo dollars worth of automoblies than any other salesroom in the
And its sales are Increasing all the time.
his Buick Branch delivered, during 1928, 24,565 now Bulcks, senting a cash value of $89,591,918. In 1924, it is expected that 80,000 cars will be delivered, a business, of over $50,000,000. Few of the great New York department stores will do as great 'a fie of business..
from August 1, 1928 to May 16, 1924, deliveries of this Branch
nted to 20,189 Buloks as compared with 10,295 deliveries-for-the- period the preceding year. This represents an increase of 8,844 or a 23-4% gain. Sales of this Branch for the first two weeks of 1924, wore 1,281 Bulcks as compared with 945 sold in the same d last year. This is an increase of over 80%. It is no wonder that ord breaking volume of business is expected for the new season.
Because the value of Bulck output has each year been greater, than of any other exhibitor, Buick has held first place in overy National mobile Show in the United States during the last six years. In 1923, sold 218,516 motor cars, representing a value of $802,752,950 not iding war tax or freight. In the New York district alone 12-5/10% be 88,026 now cars sold in 1923 were Buicks.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1921
RADIO NOTES AND NEWS.
A Highly Selective Set.
"John L. Reinartz of Bouthi gave a short talkaboutdar-booties. Manchester, Conn., te America's one of which will add a fow Įradio's horo. He holds the radlo, romarks,”- „
[oup, annual award of 'the -òx- In caso listeners-in may think eautivo ruolo council of the that they will have to strain their socond district, for bost work ears, Mr. Robinson points out among amateurs in this solenon that, among beatles, thoro appoar last year.
to-be many soloists of Bomo His latest sohiovemont is a repute. tan-motor transmittor which he Ho recalls an amusing exper has turned over to the UB, navy ionoo ho bud with some squeaking for use on American warslilpe, cookobafora which he had, boon In reception he is best known by collecting on the Bèlgian, sond the hook-up which bears his dunas. nanie and which he has lately) improved.
Dimoulty with Reinartz-Brst receiver was its interference from ráradiation. · Now ho has found an easy way to avoid this and at the same time maintain the high tuning qualities and solootivity, [of his original circult
The new afrouit is applicable for a variety of wavebands; but for broadcast receiving it may be mado up as follows:-
The parts are: Two-contact switch. Switch lover and five switch' points.
Three low-loss coils, profer- ably apidorwab.
Two variable condensers, 11 plates caoh. Also low loss and of rollable construction.
One tubo cookot.
One G-ohm rhoostat. One grid loak and condenser, '001 mfd.
Two foot of plain lamp oord. Jack, or phone binding posti, three battery binding posts, wire
connections,
The beatles he confined in a tia box in his bedroom; and "in the dead of the night it was o vory infuriated uncle who prosented himself at my door, and insisted that I should stop the brotlo concort in the box af once."
INVENTOR'S MISHAP. While at work on bis tolovision apparatus, by which he claims to 500 by wireless, Mr. J. L. Baird, of Lintoncrescent, Hasting, the Inventor, was badly
Injurod last month.
A loud repot was heard, and in the room whore the apparatus was kept, Mr. Barid was found pinned to the floor by a powerful
electric current passing through the wires lying across his hands.
Apparently, while ongagud upon the machine, a portion booame short-circuitod.
Mr. Baird was buried across: the room, and was unable to rise.
His hands wore burnt, and ho WON much shaken. Tho apparatus was damaged.
THE ETHER.
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Coil A. In the hook up, consists The grost Advertising Con- of 50 turns of No. 24 D. G. Cvention at Wembley had little to wire, wound on a two and one-say about broadcasting, which is half inch coro with 11 spikes surprising in view of the fact that radiating from it. The windings American stations are largely start at the core and go in and employed for advertisement, But out of the spikes until the coil fo the delegates were fully alive completed.
Tako tap at overy tanth turn, and connect to tho five switch points, the first tap or bogianing of the coil going to the norial.
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the European othor, and several commented favourably upon Britain's lack of jamming on short waves. "In America) you can only hear one big "Hollo!'" one man said; "and you can't hoar the "O' very often," ho added!
CURIOUS EFFECT.
The tuning coil, B, consists of throo sections. The beginning of the coil, 'slao of No. 24 D.0.0. wire, goes to the two-contact | A Spanish correspondent in- switch, J. From this point wind forms a Flome paper of a very five turns, then take a tap to the | curious experiment tried withị
ground and to the rotor of var). some carrier pigeons at the radio able condenser H.
Then wind 20 moro turns and tap again to the stator plates of H. Continue with 40 more turna, the and of which_gous to the grid leak.
and condoneer and to the grid of the vacuum tubo. This load should be as short ne possiblo.
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station of Paterna, noar Valencia, Spain. Bevoral birds were released near to the aerial mant at the moment when the station was: transmitting, and it was observed: that the pigeons lost their Benso of direction and turned round and round in confusion. The tosts word repeated many times, and] The choko coll, C, is a single | in all cases the electro-magnetic coll of 75 turns and should be waves appeared to destroy the placed at the other end of the set, | pigeons' sense of direction.
to bo as far away from the two other coils as possible. Colls. A and B should be at right angles for best reception.
For elimination interference, the lamp cord D, is placed in the antenna lead, one set of onds be ing attached to one of the switch points of the two-contact switch, and to the antenna, and the other sot of onds being loft open. If selectivity is too great, add to | tho langth of wire used,
TESLA'S CLAIM.
days about the possibility of A good doal is heard in those transmitting power for industrial and sucblike purposes by moans of wirologs waves, and in some cases rathor fantastic claims have been made. Ono of tho few men, however, whose claims in this direction are entitled to serious consideration is Nikola Tosla, who statos that we are on the threshold of a period. which will see the transmission of power over vast distances by means of radio. "Since my origin- Uso a UV201-A tubo in: this al demonstrations," says Tesia, circuit as detector, and if desired "I have made great improve- add two stages of audio amplifio-ments, and now can definitoly ation for greator volume and uso state that the loss in transmission of loud speaker.
In connecting the variable con- densers, always join the rotor platos to the grounded part of the circuit.
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