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That the American 1,475-mile oil line is piping hot.
That few of the young people of, to-day have seen a bus without cross seating.
That the war has given America an aluminium capacity seven times as large as in 1939.
That the name " engineer " is derived from the Latin " ingenium " (to beget) and indicates ingenuity.
That to permit aeroplanes to land on ice, B. F. Goodrich has developed tyres in the treads of which are embedded coiled-steel wires.
That the company suggests these may later prove valuable for motor vehicles operating under wintry , conditions.' 0 ' • Of somebody saying that the Army may encourage paper salvage, but in England its members are all chief broadcasters of empty cigarette carton. Of zoning schemes that may save millions or tonmiles.
Of many new types of tractor-drawn farming machinery. '0 That more mineral waters may eventually travel by battery-electric. 0 That a fund established at a little inn at Sandbach has topped £700 for the Foden Campaign Comforts.
That the agreement by which Tecalemit, Ltd., marketed Laycock garage equipment has come to an end, That, no doubt, with the Laycock Company's increased resources, it will be developing more fully this side of its business.
' That German submarines may be used as fire-fighting equipment and mobile power plant at ports blitzed by our bombers.
That our associated journal, "Motor Cycling," would be unlikely to favour motorcycle-type tracklayers for general use.
That Sunday bus and trolleybus services have been stopped in Italy—that is, those not already put out of action by the R.A.F.
That the critical period for rubber in America will be October, 1943, to March, 1944, unless synthetic production makes great strides.
That small tyres are being made entirely from Buna S, but the " heavies " require the addition of some 30 per cent, of natural rubber.
That sdlid methane, resembling dry _ice, will be a post-war motor fuel. " Stop me and buy one• would appear to be the sign to look for.
Of U.S.A. Army portable fuel-pipe lines in self-contained half-mile units each 'with centrifugal pump and 20 h.p. petrol engine, delivering 200 gallons per minute.
That bronze water heaters excavated at Pompeii have an ihternal flue and tubular firebars, through which the water circulated, all the joints being brazed. o ' Tha.t a road transport publicity book, "The Battle of the Roads," on the lines of the well-known wartime " advertisements " for the Services, would be the ideal form for our nronaganda to take.