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Obviating Difficulty L'VERYONE knows the diffiin Picking Up Small "culty often experienced in Parts picking up some small part from a hard surface, such as a table of metal or wood. In the assembly of certain small parts, this has caused loss of production, as the fumbling necessary in assembling the component was the limiting factor; consequently, the conveyor band had to be slowed for this one reason. The trouble disappeared when the table concerned was covered by a thin sheet of spongy rubber in which the fingers could sink locally, so that the parts could be gripped.
Synthetic Corn pare INTERESTING claims were Favourably with Older 'made recently by an official of Tyres . the American Goodrich con cern. He stated that over a period of 25 years, progress is represented by the fact that tyre cost per 1,000 miles of travel, in the case. of cars, has been reduced from 2.35 dollars to 65 cents.
Another claim waS that to-day's synthetic tyres con-fain 50 per cent. more material than their naturalrubber ancestors of 25 years ago, give 135 per cent more mileage, and cost 35 per cent. less. We take it that the greater mileage is also a comparison with'the earlier tyres, and not with present-day products.
Can Age be a A T the recent Congress on Criterion of Driving r-k safety, Sir Alker Tripp, Ability? answering a query as to• whether people over 70 should be prohibited from driving, or those over 65 required to pass a medical test, praised taximen, who, he said, provided a splendid example of how age can carry out a difficult job. Every day grandfathers could be seen threading their ways dexterously through the traffic, and their skill was proverbial. Other answers were to the effect that age was not always to be measured in years; there were drivers much younger who ought not to be on the road, whilst others about 70 were still able to drive well.