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Beware of Poisoning by Carbon Monoxide Gas rINE of the chief constituents \-/ of proddcer gas is carbon monoxide, and although, in the ordinary way, this wbuld cause
no danger, care should be taken when vehicles using, such equipment are kept in closed garages. • It must be remembered that the gas is deadly in concentrations of 1 part in ,500 of air, and less has harmful effects. However, little or none of the gas is produced unless the engine be working, and, therefore, the precaution should apply mainly to possible leakage at joints. The exhaust on most engines also contains a proportion of the gas, particularly if a rich mixture be employed, and many casualties have resulted from this.
Plea for Better Stan dardization of Electric Lamps
A CALL for better stan r-k dardization of lighting in
respect of the lamps employed was made in his Presidential
address to the Illuminating Engineering Society by Mr. W. J.Jones, Director of the Electric Lamp Manufacturers' Association of Great Britain: He pointed out that lamp makers were formerly called upon to supply some 1,300 different types, but whilst. the variety lias now been reduced, a similar position existed in the automobile industry. It seemed that mud.' inventive genius was spent in devising reasons tor using non-standard products, which mean uneconomic production, wasteful distribution and misuse of the services ot skilled workers. AN amusing story has reached us from Albion Motors (Overseas), Ltd., Johannesburg. This concerns the history of a German bus chassis which has been' in stock with a Pretoria agent for 13 years. The , municipality of that city recently called for tenders for bus chassis, and one of those received was for this German vehicle, the offer being rejected. Since then the. council has been considering tenders for 6-ton ;tipping ,chassis, and the same German machine was again offered. Apparently it was imported for demonstration purposes, and was originally, offered, unsuccessfully, to the South African Railways. First priced at £1,100, it eased to £650 in 1934, rose to £850 last May, and is now quoted at £650. A German Bus Chassis On Offer for 13 Years AT service stations in Britain inflation of tyres at fixed charges has recently taken the place of free air, but across the Atlantic the latter convenience, is still available. Recently several service-station attendants between New York and Boston 'Were asked to 'supply free air to travelling fish. It turned out that a haulier was carrying live fish ,Arhich were being rent to the Boston Aquarium, and they, travelled in a tank inside a van. Among .the special arrangements for their comfort was an air tank which provided constant fresh air, but the pressure exhausted itself every two hours and the trip took five times as long. A valve was welded to the air tank and filling stations along the route co-operated in supplying the necespary medium.
Fresh Air for Live fish Carried by Road