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Of motor-taxation proposals in confusing profusion.
That few of these are basically sound and logical. _ That heavy taxation means decreased demand, low production and reduced exports.
That at their best, rings are only 65 per cent. as effective as the head and skirt for transferring piston heat to cylinder walls. That the Hauliers' Section of the N.C.R.T.C.H. is a business affair, not a political one.
That efficient private transport means individual attention; the nationalizing .of transport would kill this.
That American steel helmets are punched out of extremely tough steel on presses normally used for motor parts.
That " flags " can now be embodied at the end of synthetic bristles to make them more suitable for paint brushes.
That the huge herring-bone gears of U.S. warships, which take many days to cut, can be ruined by temperature changes.
That the octane rating of petrol for American transport has been reduced from 72 to 70, and the price is slightly lowered.
That "Transport Topics" considers this will mean bigger and better" engine knocks, and the need for more repairs.
Of agreement amongst petroleum technologists that the octane value of post-war Diesel fuel should lie between 40 and 45.
That the air-blowing of transparent-plastic "bubbles" for air-gunner turrets has been a practice here for years.
That it may have some application to motorvehicle bodies in the future.
That the Goodrich concern is developing a synthetic rubber which reduces tread cracking and gives high resistance to wear.
That with one-twentieth of the carrying capacity of the railways, American lorries carry a quarter of thi rail loads on inter-city hauls.
That a water' wheel was the first power. operated device built, as a boy, by Henry Ford, who conpled it to an old coffee mill converted to grind pebbles into moulding sand.