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SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1928.
INGENIOUS TESTING DEVICE.
Moving Parts Appear Motionless.
The "stroborama" applied to an automobile engine. Inset shows its effect on a "Pelton wheel," a water wheel made to revolve by a strong jet of water. Although the wheel was actually revolving 5,000 times a minute, it appeared motionless enough to take a three- minuto exposure for this.photograph!
lion..
TRAFFIC IN LONDON. Problems of the Rush Hour.
Lord Ashfield gave more details recently of the striking growth of London passenger traille when ha' mado his speech, as Chairman, at the annual meeting of the Under ground Electric Railways Company..
The trains and ominibuses belong- ing to the companies, Lord Ashfield stated ran 225,000,000 car miles, or 10 per cent. more than during tho | previous - year. The shareholders were doubticas glad to hear that this 10 per cent. increase only called for a 2 per cent increase in oporat Ing expenditure.
Lord Ashfield, referring to the "peaks and valleys" caused by the fluctuating numbers of pasaongyra carried, sold that he was not con- sidering the fluctions at different times of the day, but betwon dif- ferent days of the week.
On the railways the best day, of the week was Wednesday, the subse quent order being Saturday, Friday, Thursday, Monday, and Tuesday, On the omnibuses, on the other.. hand, Saturday was the most popu- lar day ("the pleasure seeker is essentially an omnibus passenger"),.- after which the order was Wednes- day, Friday, Thursday, Monday, and Tuesday...
On an average Wednesday the trains carried 1,055,185 passengers, Tuesday having only 020,235, An average of 5,338,071 passengers wore carried on ommibuses on Saturdays, but Tuesday's numbers were 4,550,779.
London has approved of the cover- jed top omnibus. After an experi- mental vehicle had been in commis sion, Lord Ashfield stated, the viewe of the public were so conclusive
A simple, finshing device called. These glimpses aro so fast and "Faulty operation of a moving that now practically every "N. 3." a "stroboscope," has enabled auto- frequent that they deceive the eye part may be easily seen," he adds, type of omnibus had been converted motive engineers to study the into retaining a persistent vision and includes "bouncing of valves, to the covered top.
All-Weather Vehicle, action of fast-moving parts as of the apparatus in a single post-fluttering of valve lifters, jump-
ing of valve liftors away from the "The reason for its success is though they were standing still.
But the weak light and limited Heretofore, these observations cam profile, vibrations and surg- not hard to find," he said. "It does ing of valve springs. The 16 away with some of the difficulties extent of its field handicapped the had to be made in dark rooms and valve springs of an L hand experienced in transporting omul observers in the study of several over small areas. With the aid of straight eight engine can be illu-bus passengers during the righ moving parta in relation to one the stroborama, however, an entire minated at once and their actions hours in inclement weather. Tho another all the yalves of an panoramic view can be obtained at
number of seats actually used in compared." engine, the entire camshaft, once due to the powerful light
Flexion of the connecting rod an opon top omnibus is reduced motion of pistons in all the cylin-thrown by, the new instrument and of crankshaft, end motion of by wet weather to less than half ders, and so on.
Since, this carries its own, ayn- Now, however, a modern adapta- chronizing apparatus, It can be the bearings, flow of lubricating the total seating capacity of the tion of the stroboscope comes into applied quickly to the study of oil and even the projection of the
the oil can be observed." play, and all previous disadvan- any Lages are eliminated. The engl trouble of hooking it up with the • Can Compare Springs. neers may now view an entire en- gine, even an entire automobile, jacked up on its rear wheels and moving at a rapid speed, as though it were standing still.
The new device, called the "stroborama," is an importation from France and is being exhibit ed in America by the firm of Musa-Harlzell-Ducasso of New York City.
without mechanism
parts under observation.
The stroborama produces an Illumination "of 1,000 candle power, produced by a current of 15,000 volts, and controlled as per- fectly as the stroboscope by means of a mechanical contact breaker.
year.
vehicle, with the result that further passengers are driven to use the Underground and Tube railways at a time when those systems are al- "For the manufacture of wire ready heavily taxed...... The all- springs and especially of valve weather road vehicle will tend gra- dually to eliminate climatic condi springs," saya Hartzoli, "the stroborama is invaluable, becauactions as a factor determining the
transport....”. it permits comparative observa- popularity of the different forms of tions of as many as 20 springs of Tho tramways undertakings of slightly different specifications, the associated companies carried Many Uses Possible.
mounted side by alde and all 180,000,000 passengers during the The application of this instru- actuated in perfect phase by a
Referant was again made by Fundamentally, the stroborama ment is believed to be limitless. master mechanism.
"In a teat of shimmy, the stro-Lord Ashfield to the proposed co- is nothing more than a strobo- In the automotive field, it covers,
It is based on a method avery study of moving parts, and borama ean illuminate the whole ordination of London's traffic faci..
car at once and allow simultaneous litics. Competition in these ser scope. adapted to the observation of is expected to result in more cer- moving mechanisms, making them tain knowledge and consequent observation of all parts from any vices, Lord Ashfield said, served no.
useful purpose. appear stationary or moving at improvement of the entire automo-anglo."
In one of his demonstrations! "It is important to distinguish very slow speed in order to study bile.
"The stroborama is a marvellous before the S. A. E at Detroit, between a supply of goods and a If the gooda them while in motion.
instrument of research for the Hartzell pasted a newspaper clip-supply of service. Blow-motion study of all sorts of ping on a propeller blade. While are not sold they still remain. engines while operating under the blade was revolving at 2,000 the service is not used it is wasted actual working conditions," ex-revolutions a minute, and the stro-and nothing remains. All wasted plained D. W. Hartzell when he borama applied, it appeared to be service means cost. This cost must showed the apparatus recently to standing so still that the clipping|bo pald in the long run in increased members of the Society of Automo- could be read with ease. bile Engineers.
The Eye Is 'Deceived. This phenomenon is obtained by means of a flashing neon light, synchronized with the moving part so as to give a very short glimpse of it every time the part comes to the same position in Ita cycle.
BIG BUS TRAFFIC.
SPEEDING TAKES LIVES. Results of a survey taken by the Ninety-three motor coach Hoes
Council Safety
in in Illinois aro. operating nearly National America show that 11 per cent. of 1,500 motor buses. Last year, mo- the total number of motor acci-tor buses of Illinois travolled dents last year were duo to "atep-nearly 30,000,000 miles, carrying
83,000,000 passengers. ping on the gas."
SAFETY FOR STARS.
MILLIONS FOR GARAGES,
Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pick- In the last ten years, $45,600,000 ford and Bebe Daniels have pur-Philadelphians' money went into chased the safety Triplex glass for the construction of public garages, their automobiles as added insur-This amount does not include the ance against marring their facial amount invested in private gar- beauty.
CONFISCATION ILLEGAL.. Confiscation of an automobile, after it has been seized in connee- tion with transporting liquor and the driver found guilty, is illegal according to a ruling of the United Staten Superme Court
TURNS IN OWN LENGTH.
An automobile especially adapt- ed to Paris traffic turns in its own: length. This is done by means of wheels that turn at a sharp angle so that the car can be wheeled around without backing.
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CLEAN MUFFLER.
The muller of a car should be cleaned pccasionally, Carbon cakes on the plates or tubes, and restricts the expulsion of gas, causing back pressure.
TO MEET IN ROME..
Signor Mussolini has invited the Fifth World Motor Transport Congress to meet in Rome
The invitation September. been accepted.
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