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8th November 1917
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The Opportunit y for Research. T HE ATTITUDE of the Government towards

research, as indicated by the Report of the Committee of the Privy Council appointed to deal with this question,' is so...

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THE FORD TRACTORS AND THE F.P.D.

R EFRAINING from commenting upon a statement reproduced in an abbreviated form in the " Daily Mail," we merely gave in our last...

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SPLITTING LEGAL HAIRS OVER GAS.

I T APPEARS as if the way of the gas-user, like that of the transgressor, is destined to be hard. Legitimatecriticism,...

ONE HEARS

Of a recent meeting of the Machine Tool Makers at Manchester. The motor section at the Arts Club, Manchester— especially on...

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INDUSTRIAL RECONSTRUCTION PROPOSALS.

At 4.30 p.m. to-day (Thursday) there will be a meeting at the Savoy Hotel, London, of a, number of representatives of the...

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WHEELS OF INDUSTRY.

The wheel of wealth will be slowed by all difficulties of transport at whatever points arising, as a carriage is the roughness...

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Steam Wagon Running Costs.

The table included herewith affords interesting figures relating to details of the cost of working two steam wagons, a Burrell...

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THE NEW U.S. ARMY MOTOR TRUCK.

Output 4000 Per Month. The Official Story of Its Rapid Production U S.A. ARMY OFFICIALS tell us they believe that the new...

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A NEW KEROSENE VAPORIZER.

A Method of Using Artificial Heat in the Making of the Gas. T HE INVENTOR who, at the present crisis in the history of the...

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THE BARTON GAS BAG PATENT.

Claims the Inventors Have Expressed in Their Specification. The complete specification of the patent No. 109,669, granted to...

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TRACTOR NOTES.

I T IS DIFFICULT indeed to estimate correctly the value of such a demonstration as that wh ch has j ust been concluded at...

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COAL-GAS FOR TRACTORS.

By Henry Sturmey. T HE SUGGESTION has been made that coalgas might be advantageously employed for the propulsion of tractors,...

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• DRAW-BAR PULL.

Some Informative Notes for Tractor Drivers. T HERE IS AN instinctive mistrust of long standing between the prac • tical man...

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RECORDS OF COSTS.

Should the Basis Be the Mile, the Ton or the Ton-mile. L ET ME PREFACE my remarks on this subject by 'unreservedly throwing...

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CONCERNING CATERPILLAR-TYPE TRACTORS.

T HE' CHAIN-TREAD or caterpillar-type tractor, or, as it has before now been termed, the "flat wheel," is so new a proposition...

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COAL-GAS CONVERSION'.

The Feast and Osborne System With Harris Mixing Chamber. ft is interesting to observe now that conviction is superseding...

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OPINIONS FROM OTHERS.

The Editor invites eorrespondowe on all subjects connected with the use of commercial motors. Letters should be on one side of...

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OUT AND HOME.

By "The Extractor." Wood-Milne Latest. Gas compressors are being unearthed from, many parts of the country, and some brisk...

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For DRIVERS, MECHANICS & FOREMEN.

A PRIZE OF TEN SHILLINGS is awarded each week to the sender of the best letter which we publish on this page ; all others are...