The Supply Department.
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Selected Information which is likely to be of Interest to Makers, Owners, and their Buyers.
Seldom a week goes by but that Brown Bros., Ltd., the universal factor of the motor trade, brings to our notice some useful novelty. Pressure of space occasionally prevents us from giving immediate notice to such specialities, but, as opportunity serves, we are happy to bring to the notice of our readers the various new devices for which the Great Eastern Street house stands sponsor. One of the latest, of these devices to claim our attention is that known as the Bush adjustable engine stand. The reproduction of a photograph, which we include on this page, renders the construction of this device quite evident. The skeleton nature of the stand facilitates ready access to any engine which is mounted on it, and another useful feature is the fact that it is mounted on rollers. For the handling of units.
An Improvement in Oil Taps.
Two names which are quite well known in alt sections of the automobile movement are Messrs. A. E. Newton and J. R. Sharp. On many an occasion it must have cut them to the quick to have watched the was,o,ftil way in which their Vacuum oil has been drawn from barrels by means of the common or garden brass cock. It is not, therefore, surprising to find that Messrs. Newton and Sharp, from the temporary address of Navenby House, Earley, Reading, have placed on the market a tap which not only shall, if required, give a voluminous delivery, hut one which, with a scheme of operation that has evidently been inspired by the oilman's treacle tap, ensures a quick cut-off. The diagrams herewith are self-explanatory. The Newton and Sharp speciality is known as the " Elgin," and we note that, with an eye to consumption, the device is described on the pamphlet as a barrel pourer, .or as a quick-flow t.,p for thick lubricating oils. Nothing is said of its undoubted claims as a waste-saving device. We wonder why.
Additions to Our Catalogue File.
THE BRUSH ELECTRICA T. ENGINEERING Co., LTD., Lo ughborough.—A number of descriptive pamphlets dealing with this maker's electric-lighting specialities. Particular attention is drawn to the Brush Quartzlite Lamp, whose burner consists of a tube of quartz containing a small quantity tif mercury, which the company recommends for factory illumination.
TILE ]3RAELIK ENGINEERING CO., 8, Lambeth Hill, Queen Victoria Street., 11.O.—A leaflet describing the " Eclipse" time and speed recorder, which is intended for use on all kinds of wheeled vehicles. The same company sends us particulars of the " Eclipse" flame-arc lamp.
THE MOTOR HOUSE, 31.1-318, Euston Road, N.W.--A leaflet describing and illustrating the " Phoebus " acetylene lamps and the Mangin mirror lens. These agents also send us particulars of the " Hotakokl " vacuum bottle.