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1951 ISSUE OH' MOTOR INDUSTRY YEARBOOK
JINVALUABLE to economists and Istudents of the motor industry, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders' annual publication, "The Motor Industry of Great Britain," has now been published for 1951. Additional copies can ba supplied to members at ft 10s. each, postage included. Non-members can obtain the book from the Society at 148, Piccadilly, London, WI, at £2 2s., postage included.
The book contains detailed statistics relating to British vehicle production, registrations and output for the year ended December, 1950. Output figures for other countries are also included. One table gives the number of goods vehicles operating under the various kinds of licence in eaCh of the traffic areas, whilst a particularly useful section deals with different nations' .construction and use regulations.
This year's issue of the book contains a larger number of diagrams than hitherto. Changes have also been made in the scope of the detail and to the layout of the export tables, in keeping with the Society's intention to impfove the publication when -opportunity occurs.
A total of 262,700 commercial vehicles was produced in 1950, an increaie of 20.3 per cent, upon the 1949 figure. but passenger-vehicic output fell by 3,600. Almost 63 per cent, of cornmodal \chides made were exported, the highest export allocation being
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among vehicles of under 15-cwt. capacity, the yearbook states.
CARBURATION IN TWO VOLUMES
THE subject of carburation covers an extremely.wide field. Not only are there the theoretical aspects dealing with such matters as the chemical construction and components of various fuels, the chemical constituents of fuel-air mixtures, and the effect of mixture characteristics upon power and thermal efficiency, but there is the practical side of the carburetter itself.
In "Carburation," the third edition of which has recently been published, the author requires 351 pages in which to deal with applied carburation and petrol injection. A second volume under the same title deals with the installation and servicing of carburetters.
These two works, which cover their subjects in a most comprehensive manner, sell at £1 16s. per volume. The publisher is Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 37, Essex Street, London, W.C.2.
A NEW NUFFIELD ATLAS
BOUND ,in blue Rexine, the .Nuffield Motoring Atlas, issued at 7s. 6d., embodies a wealth of detailed information. There are area maps at eight miles to the inch, giving contours, spot heights, etc.; street plans of 50 large towns, and early-closing and market days affecting 500 towns. One section lists every Nuffield distributor, dealer and retail dealer under the heading
Where Service Can be Obtained." LATEST STATISTICS OF THE INDUSTRY THE 1951 edition of " Basic Road
Statistics, Great Britain," has been published by the British Road Federation at Is. It contains in concise form all the statistics normally required by operators and vehicle makers.
It shows that in the year ended March 31 last, motor taxation totalled nearly £187m.—£80m. higher than the previous year's record high level. There are now 500 fewer trains than last year.
Britain is shown to have more vehicles per mile than any other country in the world. The figure is 17.6, the U.S.A. following with 16 and Belgium with 14.4.
Another interesting fact is that in 1950 the average fare paid by passengers on London Transport services was 3d., compared with 1.9d. in 1938.
NEW LEGAL GUIDE
WRITTEN by a J.P., "Motorists and VV the Law," is a review of all the provisions of the law affecting motorvehicle users, and although written mainly for private-car owners, it would be. a valuable reference for small transport operators. The final chapter, which deals with procedure in a magistrate's court, is particularly interesting.
Some books which seek to provide a popular legal guide suffer through oversimplification, but this publication gives the facts and explains them.
"Motorists and the Law," by K. McFarlane, costs 5s. and is published by Stevens and Sons, Ltd., 119-120, Chancery Lane, Londop, W.C.2.