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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1933,

ENGINEERING AND BUILDING

SHANGHAI'S AMBITIOUS HOMING INSTINCT FOR

AIRPORT PLANES

To Have One Of Best- Equipped In World

Shanghai. AB airport for Shanghai, designed to be one of the most" completely equipped un-/ dertakings of its kind anywhere in the world, is the latest step of the Chinese government in its drive to develop avlation.

The huge plant, which “will be on the edge of the city, is to be a port of arrival and departure for both land and ses planes, being on the bank of the Whangpoo river. The Aeid is to be called the Chias National Air Port-of-Entry and is to be used for all manner of aviation purposes under the direction of the Wanking govern- ment.

"PLANES

You Can't Lose Your Way

In The Air

SHANGHAI'S RADIO EXHIBITION

Combined Olympia and Madison Square

Shanghai, Nov. 6.-Londoners ce in London a request that their who have visited the great Radio Olympia. exhibit. one of the Anest Exhibition which is held yearly at shown there, be shipped to Shang- Olympia, and Americans who have' hal via Siberia. at once. Other ex- marvelled at the intricacies which hibitors are cabling urgent calls yearly bring hundreds of thou- to their home offices for imme- sands, to view the great Radio date shipment of the very latest Show held in the Grand Central and finest 1934 radio models. Un- Palace in New York, will feel quite questionably, Shanghai may look at home when Hamilton House, forward to viewing the finest ex- opens its doors on December to hibition of its kind ever held in Shanghai's Third Radio and In- e Far East. dustrial "exhibition. Final plans were completed at- a general com- mittee meeting held on Thursday, during which the actual working, committee, under whose experienc- ed guidance this exhibition will infurl its wonders to thousands of Shanghai enthusiasts, were formed Prominent Chinese. And foreign business men and en gineers, as well as advertising men who are interested in the future of Shanghai's radio development, thewill serve on these committees.. that the

One of the most important inventions in the history of aviation a device which makes aerial-navigation au tomatic has just been tested by Imperial Airways Limit ed.

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This amazing new device, per-, doubt as to my right course, it is fected under the supervision of ' only necessary for me to put on Senator Marconi,... will reproduce a pair of headphones and turn almost exactly the mysterious the switch to the right. "homing" instinct of pigeons, the secret of which selence has never been able to discover. The undertaking is expected to Fitted to an aft-liner, the cast about $1,000,000. In addition "homing device." as it is called to the concrete runways for land will enable the pilot to bring his planes, there will be an adminis-plane home in the worst weather tration building equipped with as surely as a pigeon flies straight waiting rooms for passengers, ra-] to its goal: dio station, weather bureau and]

"When the new air Toute

to

A musical singing la beadphones denotes

Some idea of the great plans aeroplane is flying too far to the' and expense taten to insure right of its true course, and if Shanghai having an exhibition on the note comes through with the a par with the celebrated London switch to the left it means I am and New York shows is obvious steering left.

from the action of one British "I only have to steer thạ ma-

hibitor in cabling to his home din- chine so that there is no sound at either switch position-left,"

GOLDMINING IN WALES

dio station whose signals are be- am steering straight for the ra

ing picked up."

With this new device it is pos- sible for a pilot to steet his way across the world without either maps or compass.

other facilities necessary to the Australia is opened next year all Fight or centre-to know that I operation of commercial airplanes. the machines on this vast 10.000 the number of which in China is

miles aerial highway, will be .constantly increasing.

There will also be a landing dock to enable the pilots to fly with equipped with the homing device for seaplanes, not to mention a absolute certainty over desert, boat dock to accommodate laun- jungle, or sea, and be certain ches planned to bring passengers that they are always dead from the city's principal

docks their course. further down the river. There will also be motor car facilities to and from the field into Shanghal

SIMPLE SWITCH “ The device has been

DI

He does this by choosing as his guides wireless stations any one will do, whether it is work- testeding specially for armen or send

ing out an ordinary broadcast programme arid steer-straight

success

the on and Croydon-

Work on the airport is expected with, complete to start immediately. and be London-Paris brought to a speedy finish. Com-Capetown air routes pleted plans have been approved by the government and the funds are' available.

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Details of the homing device, which has aroused

keenest interest among air experts all over the world, were given to the Sunday Chronicle" yester- day.

for them.

station to another it, a dead The pilot will just ny from one straight line, no matter whether he is flying in dense fog at night or in a sandstorm for the hom- ing device will allow him to fly from one place to another with- "In front of me on the out. ever seeing the ground once. hrument board và well-known pilot said, "is a simple little switch that can be turned to the right or left. If I am in any

The device can be fitted to any machine possessing a wireless re ceiver at a cost between £30 and £40.

BRIDGE

FOR HANGCHOW

GERMANY'S NEW | $5,000,000

AIR LINER Monster Dirigible Neaf Completion

idea..

Chientang Traffic Outruns Ferries

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The efforts to pump the water from the Ogolau gold mines at Pumpsaint, Carmarthenshire, has been successful. Samples of the gold quartz from this mine, and also from the Roman tailings and from two outcrops, have been sens to London for expert tests and assay. Should the results prove satisfactory, there is little doubt that gold mining will be re-establ- ished. The plans provide for the deepening of the shaft by 900 or 300 not anticipated that there will be It. and to put in cross cata. It is any dificuly in dealing with the water On the contrary, it may be necessary to carry water into the deeper workings.--Engineering.

COPPER DEVELOPMENT

ASSOCIATION:

A Copper Development Associa- tion, which will, for the present, concentrate on the extension of the use of that metal rather than

on research, has been formed this

week with Sir Auckland Geddes

BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR, BIRMINGHAM

Visitors will be able to examine at their leisure the marvellous de- velopments of 1933, including ra- dio receivers which but a few years ago were undreamed-of ex- cept in the creative brains of the World's engineering geniuses." They will be able to view through glass walls modern broadcasting studio in actual operation Iram which will extend a network of lines con- necting seven or eight of Shang- hal's most popular radio stations. both foreign add Chinese, so that the Hatener may be assured of hearing the exceptionally fine pro- grammes which will originate in the Crystal Studio, "regardless of what local station may be tuned

".

NEW RUBBER-INSULATED CABLE

The General Electric Company of New York have recently placed three new types of rubber-insulated cable on the market, which are intended to be resistant to heat, corona and moisture, respectively. The first the heat-resistant type, la designed to operate at a maxi- mum temperature not exceeding

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1. O and its advantage over paper and varnished 75 deg. C., and

athished cambric is that its advantage over paper and waterproof without the use of a metallic sheath, which tends to re- duce flexibility. The moisture resisting compound is particularly adapted for submarine cables with- out a lead sheath, while the corona-resisting cable is designed for use on high-voltage circuits where the conditions are met, for generator and other leads where would cause discharges, and on sharp points adjacent to the cable bridges, here vibration prevents. the lead-covered, type being used.—

“Engineering.”

THE SOLDERING OF ALUMINIUM TAN

A Swedish engineer, Mr. H Johansson, of Stockholm, has, it is claimed, invented a new method

We understand that the joint is of welding of soldering aluminium.

made by the application of & paste

and Sir Harry McGowan as hon- orary presidents and Mr, D. Owen Evans and Lieut.-Colonel R. M. P.. Preston 8.5 chairman: and ̈vice-" chairman of the Councii. The conduct of detalled business' will be vested in a Management Com- Friedrichshafen, Germany.

mittee, of which Mr. A. D. Stroke Nanking, Nov. 4. Differing little in shape and di- The Chinese Government is con- most of the important copper in- will be chairman, and on which mensions from the United States sidering the construction of a dirigible Macon, Germany's mona- 35,000,000 bridge across the Chiens elations, will be represented. The which is subsequently heated to

terests, Including the Trade Asso- ter passenger air cruiser, LZ 129, tang river, near Hangchow. A high General Secretary, whose omces the relatively low temperature of is nearing completion at the birth-official of the Chekiang Provincial place of the late Count Ferdinand Government, now in the capita!

are at Thames House, Millbank, 300 deg C, with the aid of an Fon" Zeppelin's "lighter than air discussing the matter with the London. 8.W. is Mr. D. P. Cordinary soldering lamp. It is Ministry of Railways, has stated Neave. The Association will have stated that joints made by the Under the supervision of the thas, owing to the heavy traffic in Its objects for a period of years official and private institutions and sufficient funds to ensure progress new process have been tested by chief constructor, Dr. Ludwig across the Chientang, which at the Daert, almost three-quarters of the present moment is handled by only and will, it is hoped, be able to have been shown to possess a high duralumin frame of the new air few ferry-boats, the need of a

Interchange information with the degree of strength. It la claimed giant has been completed. Dr. bridge has long been felt and it has search Association and the Copper the aluminium and that it can al-

American Copper and Brass. Rẹ-

that the paste forms an alloy with Duerr believes the ship will be increased, greatly with the recent Institute of Germany."Engineer ready for the first trial nights Incompletion of a net-work of provin

so be used for welding together copper and ing." early autumn, 1934,

aluminium. "En- spcial and national highways, with Although the LZ 129 will mea Hangchow as the centre. Further-

gineering." sure 812 feef in length as compar-more a section of the Hang-Kiang ed with the 785 feet of the Ma railway connecting Ching Hua, con, her height over all will be Chakiang, with Yu Shan, Kiangai, only 195 feet as against the 146.525 expected to be open to traffic feet of the American ship. Her 16 i shortly, and it is quite clear that gas compartments will have ea | ferry-boat services alone will not be capacity of 8,800,000 cubic feet, or sufficient for traffic across the 100,000 cubic feet more than the Chientang, Macon...

Hellum will be used as lifting as for the first time for a cer- to design the proposed bridge, but, inan dirigible. Negotiations with owing to certain peculiar local con- American authorities assured the ditions, it is not suitable in its delivery of the large quantities of present form. A Chinese bridge hellum required. The new ship engineer, Professor Mao Yi-shen, of will have a gauss life of 210 tons. Peiyang University, who has been A novelty in German airship | engaged in a study of the project, buliding is the accommodation of went to. Hangohow ip April to make passengers inside the trame. Two investigations and visited Hangohow. spacious decks have already been again last month. He has now Listalled each containing cabins submitted a revised design, based on for 50 passengers. The principal the original plane of the American feature will be the smoking room, engineer. which will be, installed on the up-

The new bridge, which will con- per deck. A 1300-foot promenade nect Chakon, on the north bank with large windows permitting with Chingkiang, on the south bank. gbmpses of the scenery below and will be two Lilometres, in length and several bathrooms with running 40 ft. in width. It will have 130 cold and warm water will add to spans, thirty directly over the river, the convenience of passengers. ¿ and will be about twenty feet above

Frofessor Breuer of Duesseldort, the designer of the interiors of the liners Bremen and Europa, has agreed to decorate the interior of the LZ 129.

£2,000,000 CONTRACT

British Companies Get Big Order

ahead of those of last year, or in- deed of any previous year, that dome 55,000 sq. ft. of indoor area are being added immediately to We have been informed that in meet pressing demanda. Special the heavy-industries section of the activity is reported in the gas, British Industries Fair, at Bir electricity, building and engineer- The Obekiang Provincial Govern-mingham, advance bookings of ing groups. The Fair will open on ment scked an American engineer space by exhibitors- are so far February 19, 1934-"Engineering."

the river level. The entire struc- ture will be of steel and reinforced concrete. The lowest estimate for its construction has been placed at $5,000,000, and it will take at least three years to complete. Reuter,

truction of a tunnel, under the Vistula which, apart from electri- fication, was found to be of small utility Through trains from Ber- fin to Mosoɔw will, when the work fetropolitan - Vickers Elec--| is complated, save an hour's time

sport Company whose by use of the tunnel..

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