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New Petrol-electric System
A FRENCH research body has developed a petrol electric vehicle called the " Symetric-Paris," which has no gearbox or clutch. The petrol engine drives a dynamo in the normal manner, the current being taken to motors in the four wheels.
Both speed and braking are controlled by one pedal, conventional brakes being used only for an emergency or when the vehicle is stationary. General control is more mechanical than electric, by altering the speed of the engine. Reduction of pressure on the pedal reverses the current flow, the electrical braking being increased according to the speed at which the pressure is removed.
Folding Cases Mutilated
iT is fairly common knowledge that folding packing A cases can be used to advantage when shipping or transporting goods which require some measure of protection, or are normally in need of enclosure. The advantage of being able to fold a case and return it in a state which will permit it to occupy a fraction of its normal volume, must effect an enormous saving in packing and return-freight costs.
Richardson's Folding Packing Cases, Ltd., of AN) Bolton, Lanes, is now offering to guarantee its products for a minimum of 100 journeys. Constant development has enabled the concern to manufacture cases which will fulfil certain conditions and cope with extraordinary articles requiring transport. Aluminium, steel or timber may be specified in their construction.
It is interesting to note, however, that in many instances, valuable packing cases are returned to the sender badly damaged, because those concerned with opening them have not bothered to read the instructions Painted or stencilled on them. Often these instructions are as much as 6 ins, high and occupy the whole of one side of the case. Despite this crowbars have been used to prise them open, instead of employing a spanner to remove four nuts, followed by the removal of the complete side. As a result, permanent damage has been done.
We Have Had It!
A STRIKING criticism of nationalization, as applied to industry, was made by Mr. T. 0. M. Sopwith at the recent annual general meeting of the Hawker Siddeley Group, Ltd. Referring to the Labour Party's threat to deal in this way with the aircraft industry at some future date, he said that there were three things which had brought the industry to its present achievement, these were: courage, enterprise and enthusiasm. He assured his listeners most solemnly that there was one thing which would wreck this virile and progressive industry surely and completely, and that was its nationalization. The application of this process inevitably brought mediocrity and this would mean the downfall of the British aircraft industry and of Britain as a first-class air power.
His remarks might almost as well have been applied to the road transport industry. Fortunately, with that, naticinalization applied in only a small measure to the production side, whilst much of that in the operational sphere will, ii is hoped, soon disappear,
Can Conditions Be Standard?
DURING the discussion on Mr. Alden's paper on vehicle testing, a London Transport engineer suggested that a weakness found in the modern testing of vehicles was to presuppose conditions of operation.
One would have thought these would be comparatively standard, as far as buses are concerned, in a large area of the Metropolis. He claimed, however, that there could be great variations in the results obtained from vehicles apparently working under similar conditions, as regards both routes and garages. This was quite apart from the question of differences between those vehicles working on town and country services respectively.