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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1947.

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BRITAIN'S The Gas Turbine Radios

MAJOR EXPORT

In a drive to swap bicycles for bread, British manufacturers have made 2.000.000 machines during the past year and their exports are wheeling right. along.

Made By Machine

Fullscale production of ro volutionary British "olectronle" radio sets will start next month when a factory in Southern Eng land begins work on an Indian for 100,000, receivers, order

These sets will be

me, or a home by die at the "QUALITY FITTINGS

rate of three every

without the intervention of hu man hande.

The industry has more than doubled its prewar export figures and sent about 1,400,000 of them abrond to British India, the

page a land to the gas turbine in ita pre- As reported on this

makes The machine which Union of South Africa, Argen-week or so back, the Royal Navy sent state of development

these sets is the Rome-electronic ting and other major markets recently carried out tests with a For aeroplanes when speed is circuit making equipment. It is during the past 12 months. Al motor torpedo boat fitted with desired and fuel economy is of fully automatic, electronically though trade Bources have metropolitan-Vickers gas tur-secondary importance, the jet controlled series of inter-connect- figured that the world demand bine plant. Although the speed drive is superior to the convened machines which in effect per- cannot be fully met for many of the 110-foot craft was in- tional internal combustion engine form the whole task of a long years, British manufacturers creased from 30 to 34 kots, no and to the gas turbine in its series of workers on a production have already bogun tooling their attempt was made to secure present state of development, line.

out special type higher speeds, as the benefits of The latter Installation, how- I works to turn

It consists of a series of com- machines for particular requests. I the gas turbine lle in other diree-ever, is treading close

of grey cabinets municating tions-smooth running, instant heels of the reciprocating engine metal with a long series of doors Every bicycle sent abroad acceleration, saving of space and in the matter of plane propul-down either side. The whole brings back the equivalent in fewer working parts for main-slon and as soon as refinements

apparatus is approximately 70 wheat of one year's bread ration tenance.

In design leading to greater feet in length. At one end a for a family of four. This 18

As a special correspondent to economy in fuel consumption girl feeds moulded plastic plates particularly important in eyele the "Christian Science Monitor" and longer operating life can be into the magazine and at the shipments to the Argentine, points out, this test was the rude, it will be ready to embark other end the completed appara- third largest importer of United realization of the ambition en on a wider field of competition.

Kingdom bicycles.

here.

gineers have entertained for

years of being able to apply Aircraft

A partial achievement of this

Real Drive

to

In Arctic

on the

Conditions

The over tho

rubber,

men

This information comes from

tus is taken off a conveyor belt. More than 20 electronic brains control every phase of the opera. units tion, electronic memory safeguard processes, prevent pilog up on the conveyors, cut out the whole series of opera tions in the event of failure and report the precise position of any defect.

Flexibility

can

The inventor. is a London

Sargrove

Vaporize at certain temperatures, scientist, J. S. Sargrove: The men ilke Lt. Charles (Bud) Jer-manufacturers are

Electronics Ltd, Research La-

boratories. Walton-on-Thames, man, a veteran of European air combat and engineering officer from the 59th Reconnaissative Middlesex. (Very Long Range, Squadron

Weather.) That's the squadron New Packing

that files the weather, run to th Polt.

Another is Lt. John D. Van- derveer, who has written the first army technical pamphlet on

Method

Supply Minister G. R. Strauss, opening the nation's first cycle directly to a prime mover the exhibition since 1938, said Eng- energy, contained in fuel with- land was now the world's Icat-out going through the wasteful cycle of using the heat in the ing exporter of cycicu.

fuel to generate steam which in "Contrary to general belief."turn produced power. he anid, "our major postwar ex- port la NOT G. I rides, hut ideal was attained when the in- ternal combustion engine came

One of the most significant bicycles."

into use, but these engines are

features of this machine is its fly B-20's who Even the United States, incomplicated mechanisms which dustrial titan of the world, is require expert attention and ex-

frozen North Polar astonishing flexibility. At pre- buying British-made cycles in pensive upkeep.

now in their accond sent it is "jigged" to produce a increasing numbers, according Any turbine, be it water, areas are to William J. Ford, economic at steam, or gas, le a series of winter, still bucking the peculiar simple, cheap two-valve set for

alterations in the acttings, tache to the American Embassy blades fastened to a shaft. Ite problems of handling aeroplanca export. But it is claimed that He said that the shortage action to the force with which in temperatures as low as 70 de- the same machine, with amall of now cars in America, the high water, steam, or gas acts upon Krees below zero, ‹

At those temperatures engine bo converted to carry out an in- prices of second-hand automo- these blades, causes the shaft to oil turns to something like hard finite number of different ns-

Bemblies. at Mctala contract blies, and the energy of Britain's turn and transmit power

With this electronic brain Bri. export drive, might force an un-whatever, device is driven by varied rates, petrol leaks de-

England's Compared with the develop

planes won't stand still on tain' has therefore introduced a process of which precedented boom in Elted for prime movers in the past, the the ginge ice" of the runways sell revolutionise manufac Slates.

gas turbine evolved from a fro Argentina, which In 1988 im- ject into an operating possibility and take-offs are made risky forturing methods in many indus-||

a number of reasons including tries. ported an average of 7,867 Bri- in a remarkably short umo. tish bicycles a month, took 5,396 Its progress, of course, recely- the one that petrol won't always of them worth 43,790 in lasted a considerable impetus from October. Her ten months take the years of research that had was 54,094 cycles worth £401, gone into perfecting the steam 430..

turbine, many of whose features Leading Argentina was British are similar to those of the gas India, whieh in October Import. turbine. ed 44,440 blcycles worth £299,- 166, and the Union of South

But the real drive behind the Africa, which imported that month 16,096 cycles worth 499,- intensive effort to develop the 674. The United States took gas turbine was the war need

When supplies of fruit or fish have only 380 bicycles a month from for such a power plant in aero- this country in 1938, but last planes, and the availability of maintenance of the B-29 under to be sent, the goods are packed in October it imported 2,888 mu-funds with which the project Arctic conditions. A former cases and these are then nailed. On chines valued at £18,064.

could be pushed.

Master Sergeant who has achiev arrival the cases are Britain has always specialized Today the second application

cannot be used again.

A British inventor, William Cook-" regular, army, status, he knows In light-weight racing and tour-of the gas turbing has transcended not only his commission but and generally so damaged that they ing Bleycles. The highest priceded the initial objective, and con- the B-29 Intimately from

af

Fareham, Hampshire, has now, attention is being to tail turres,

discovered a new

of packing model at the show was 20-pound siderable.

Men were killed last svinter which

feel, will experts

prove a te racer priced at #39-14-0 rotati. given to making it available for

during the flights of the 46th volutionary innovation. In Britain one can buy a light- Industrial use.

Squadron's B- Cookson uses the ends of The fundamental cycle of the Reconnaissance

two metal weight touring bicycle, fully equipped for about 16. Before gas turbinne is to compress nir. 29's and other planes from Ladd bands, which are falded so am to the war a. similar machine sold, brun all the fuel the contained Field, Fairbanks. Information clip and form a firm joint, without for about £9,-United Presh. oxygen will support, and utilize, gleaned from the crashes has seed of rivets or nails. The recipient the energy thus made available, added to the file on cold weather requires up tools to open the Cook As applied to a plan, it differs operation, but the engineering ones with be dismantled, pack-

with The from jet propulsion in that the experts say the file is for from ed flat and returned to the senders. Heated gases actuate a turbine complete,

The inventor · han "already, receiveï driven propeller, whereas in the Flight itself, they have found, numerous enquiries from overseas In jet, which has a secondary tur-is not much different from any connection with his new packing sys

some (tem. bine that compresses the air for where else except for supporting combustion of fuel, special icing difficulties. The the generated gases rush out 1-29-is pressurized and beated. through a properly proportioned its crews often are as comfort the brushy flat, at the other both nozzle to create the reactive force able over the Pole as they would bear scars ́ from which drives the plane.

didn't make it The gas turbine consists essen- Navigation is tougher than All escaped from one. Three tially of an air compressor, aordinary because the magnetic died in the other, s combustion chamber, and a tur- poles are generally useless and bine which supplies power to a only celestial navigation 1a, post- make it on takeoff struck a han- drive shaft and through the ve, Radio is helpful but can gar and trapped the pilot in the medium of reduction gears to not always be relied on. Each wreckage. He was not seriously whatever device is thereto at polar flight carries at least two injured but it took several hours tached

navigators and usually a third

to get him, but and ho lost a leg the ropes.... The big

was crashes occurred on the remoto

BAMBOO

Bamboo from Formosa is once again available in Hong Kong. The poles are bleached white and treated against insect deteriora- tlos. Types of poles suitable for fishing rods are obtainable,

STOCKS ARE AGAIN AVAILABLE

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RADIO

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Tia Bonaitivity, selectivity and 9-stop waveband selector covering 13 to 650 metros draws in a world-wide choice of radio entertainment EASAN

pety - Tropicalised components, 9o permanent magnes high-fidelity loudspeaker, external speaker and plekup sockets and bakelland walnut sabinti makes it most reliable, and desirable.

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Another plans that didn't. RUSTON & HORNSBY--DAVEY PAXMAN

Basic Problems Baald problems which had to ground, be overcome were questiona of T/Sgh Gordon L Range Ice pack leat winter. N airflow and combustion, and the light engineer on a B-29, sold Starting an engine le a long all important metallurgy, of, sa-i that oven under the best condi- chain process starting with s terials capable of serving ther one these engines are like blow torch and ending with purposes as working parts when fickle housewives. You've gotta heaters to pump all through and exposed to the high tempera- baby 'em all the time or they not air around the engine itself: tures involved. Pa Man won't do thing they just sit In the present state of the art there and moan." That goes the fuel consumption of the jet double and triple he said, with power plant: la roughtly 50 per the polar planes cent higher than that of a gas They haven't yet learned all turbine of equivalent power, and about 100 per cent greater than for a reciprocating internal com- mbustion engine Bor Safer Fuels

who is 10th are on the from frostbite. Other fatal

Both the let and the

biria plants can burn certain types of fuel

The glass ice is a ball-bearing him that sometimes makes it im possible to stop an acroplane ou the runway, with engine turning, that happens except that it's for any purpose such as the vital moally had when a plang like engine check before takeoff. the B-20 is rolled from a hangar Several chocking methods, have heated to 50 degrees or 50, and been tried

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