The Purchase Department.
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Where to Get Your Necessary Supplies and Accessories.
A New Tundish.
The ordinary tundish in use for filling the various tanks of a car or lorry with oil, spirit, or water, has the disadvantage that in many cases it is impossible to hold it in place and to apply to its open end the receptacle containing the liquid which is to be introduced. Furthermore, it is always a difficult matter to judge when sufficient fluid has been introduced.
The former objection has been met previously by
making the tundish of peculiar shape or providing a rubber extension to the delivery end. The question of quantity has, until now, been left to the judgment of the operator, and, as a general rule, he relies upon guess-work. Thelundish which has been invented by Mr. George Best, and for which application has been made for a patent, eliminates these two objections.
At the upper end of the pipe leading from the tundish, a seating for a valve is formed. The valve, which is conical in form, is connected by rod and spring to a lever conveniently operated by pressure of the thumb. It is, therefore, possible to pour in a quantity of fluid, then to direct the delivery pipe to the orifice leading to the tank or crankcase, or whatever it is that has to be replenished; to open the valve and deliver the material.
Ridges attached inside the top of the timdish at specified distances calibrate it, so that it is possible to pour into it a measured quantity of fluid. The marking on the sample before us is half pint, one pint, one and a half pint, and a quart. The retail price is 10_ .s. and the agent, G. Andrews and Co., High Street, Walthamstow.
"Commercial Vehicles of Great Britain."
To a tire company, almost all types of road vehicles are of interest. It fits them all from time to time with resilient rims for their wheels. The doctor's gig and the station hack, the lordly Rolls-Royce, and the taxicab, the light van as well as the five-ton steamer, all create markets for rubber tires of one type or another. The accumulative road experience of a large and long-established company of this kind must be considerable. Experienced engineers have recognized this fact and in many cases, in considering problems in connection with roads and. road vehicles, recourse has been had to these stores of knowledge.
A booklet like the one before us, entitled the "Commercial Vehicles of Great Britain," which has been published by the B. F. Goodrich Co., Ltd., 117-123, Golden Lane, London, E.C., the well-known tire-manufacturing company, cannot fail to be of interest and of use. Its principal contents is the illustrated and comprehensive, catalogue of British-made heavy vehicles. The list comprises in all 44 pages, each of which is illustrated and describes a different make of chassis, and we cannot ourselves suggest more than one or two minor additions in order to make it complete. There are 12 steamers, 30 petrol chassis, and one electric vehicle represented pictorially. Brief specifications. of all the models made by the various makers are included, and the only matter for regret is that the unstable condition of the market existing at the time the booklet is published prevents the inclusion of prices in the list. It is to be hoped that, in future volumes of this useful booklet published in more peaceful days, this omission will be corrected.
In addition to the list, there are another 40 pages of useful and instructive textual matter. Space forbids us to make reference to this portion of the book in any detail ; we cannot describe it better in brief than in the words which follow, and which are extracted from the introductory page of this little volume :—" To broaden the basis of its appeal, and to bring it into closer harmony with its comprehensive purpose, we are including the following articles, ete., dealing with various aspects of band tire service :-1. Weights of Materials Commonly Hauled by Commercial Vehicles. 2. Fundamental Questions Involved in Changing from Horse to Motor Delivery. 3. Relation of Tire Equipment to Cost of Maintenance of Commercial Vehicles. 4. Devices that make for Commercial Vehicle Efficiency. 5. British Standard Rim Diameters for Solid Tires for Automobiles. 6. List of Officers and Committee of C.M.U.A 7. The Inspection Committee of the C.M.U.A. 8. Traffic Rules and Regulations."