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24th May 1948
24th May 1948
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The P.ptatialities of Atomic Energy HERE is little doubt that,.

eventually; enerky in great amounts will 'become available asa result df progress in connection with the fission of the atom....

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Cold Welds by Pressure and Flow

•C ONSIDERABLE interest is bound to be aroused by the announcement of an important company in the electrical field, that it has...

• Passing Comments

Are Our Windscreen A NOTABLE feature of Wipers Suitable for "many of the vehicles disOverseas ? . . . . played at the Geneva...

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One Hears —

Of more bodies built on shells, and some garages on "Shell." That kid-glove fitters sometimes have that invaluable softer...

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News of the Week

MARCH PRODUCTION 15,457 B RIT1SH production of commercial vehicles rose from 12,165 in February to 15,457 in March (a...

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Personal Pars

MR. J. R. PARK, director of research and development, has been appointed assistant managing director of the British Oxygen Co.,...

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YANKS AT OXFORD

A MF.RICAN and other foreign visitors have booked heavily for conducted coach and walking tours of Oxford, which South Midland...

Authority Threatens Action Against

Two Hauliers IN summing up at Cardiff last week, Mr. Trevor Morgan, K.C., South Wales Licensing Authority, stated that he...

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Bradford Cleansing System Recast A RECENT reorganization of Bradford Cleansing Department's

system of refuse collection was outlined by Mr. U. Parratt, chief assistant inthe department, when he contribOted a paper on...

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BACK FROM CONTINENTAL TOUR

T HE Maudslay Marathon III coach with Duple luxury body, which was exhibited at the Geneva Show, has returned to England after...

In a Line or Two

It is expected that rationing of oil fuel and petrol will be instituted in the United States within a few months. Steps are...

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Operators Meet Makers

on their own ground . A • REPRESENTATIVE party of the Institute of Road " Transport Engineers recently made a five-day tour...

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Fleet Engineers Call for Progress

C RITICISM of the Construction and Use Regulations and of certain aspects of chassis design was made at the final lecture...

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Developments in Cold Welding Technique

T HE perfect welding of the aluminium family of alloys has always presented certain difficulties. Whereas an operative, who is...

Weatherproof Glazing Simplified A QUICK and easy means for permanently sealing

windows, windscreens, destination panels and so on, has recently been introduced into this country by Howard Clayton-Wright,...

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FUEL CUTS WILL RAISE COSTS

THE reduction in petrol allocations for commercial A transport and the drastic curtailment of maintenance works to roads wilt...

THAT 49-SEATER SINGLE-DECK BUS IT is with amazement that I

read the articles recently I published in your journal under the initials " F.M.L_," and after reading his latest contribution...

PISTON RINGS AND GAS PRESSU RE 1 WAS very interested in

the article "What Causes Blow-by in Petrol Engines?" taken from a paper by Dr. P. de K. Dykes, M.A., Ph.D., A.M.I.Mech.E., and...

WILL " SECRET " CHEMICALS INJURE ENGINES ?

('AN the users of commercial petrol obtain any assur ance from the•Minister of Fuel that the chemicals to be introduced into...

THE RESPO NSIBILITY OF THE EMPLOYER THE attention of 'Hebrides,"

whose letter you pub lished on April 23, should be drawn to a recent case reported by the Motor Trade Association. In this...

THE USE OF OVER-LENGTH ARTICULATED VEHICLES I HAVE read with

interest the letter from " W.H.R.. 1 Glasgow," which appears in your issue of April 23 and concerns the use of over-length...

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A New Tractor for Road Work

CSSENTIALLY a short-haul tractor 1- - -t for road and industrial use, the Taskmaster, newest product of David Brown Tractors,...

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Ex-WD. Vehicles Made Practical

O UTSTANDINGLY presentable and practical conversions of a well-tried wartime vehicle are being produced in quantity by the...

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Testing Surface Finish by Stethoscope

T HE stethoscope, already used to detect noise in mechanical components, can now be employed to gauge surface finish. The Capac...

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The New rris-Commercial Good All

- und Performance O PERATORS . have shown considerable interest in the Morris-Commercial oil-engined chassis since it was first...

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PROFITS on parcels I N the previous article I described the

essential preliminaries to starting in business as a parcels carrier. Provision for efficient service, including reliability...

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Eastbourne Delegates

Say Their Piece A LL the people who attended the Eastbourne Conference of the Public Transport Association considered, it to be...

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March Exports Shoot Up DRITA IN'S exports of new commercial

vehicles, including industrial irucks, road haulage tractors and trailers, made a creditable forward leap from 4.773...

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A Résumé of Recently. Published Patent Specifications

Petrol Injection as an Anti detonant P ATENT No. 596,846 gives some interesting observations on the causes of knocking, and...