Continental Routeing
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kSONABLY priced at 12s. 6d., the B.M.C. "Touring Atlas and Guide to the :ontinent," although designed with the private motorist in mind, should I strongly to planners of Continental coach tours or those hauliers interested emational transport routeing. Besides 32 pages of road maps, printed on raper and covering most of free Europe and a large part of Iron Curtain )ry, there are 32 route guides.
trtecl between major cities, these guides show the towns on the way, with lediate distances, and any diversions through scenic country, the road ers being marked appropriately. There is also a gazetteer of the places .raction in different countries, as well as an index to towns shown on the A series of conversion tables completes the book, which is about the same s journal in page size and has a spiral binding.
or the Nuffield Organization, :.y, Oxford.
.cost Frames
EL frames for buildings 60 ft. long id 8 ft. high to the eaves are being ,?.ted by Messrs. Arnold Kahn, on Road, Witham, Essex, at comic prices, that for a structure 20 ft. being £155 and 25 ft. wide £205. own as Econoframe buildings, they be quickly erected by novitiate r. The stanchions have base and dates, those at the bottom being I for rag bolts, whilst the uprights rifled for the attachment of fittings. ength is 12 ft, and the frames arc 4e of extension.
gable trusses have a pitch of 224-', here are six lines of purlins, An sframe erection may be inspected at rm's works.
ianism Explained rHOUGH dealing primarily with rivate-car design, the sixth edition of Mechanism of the Car." by Arthur udge, volume three in the Motor al series published by Chapman Hall, Ltd., London, W.C.2, price , deals in the thorough way asso1 with previous editions with all :s of automotive design techniques. latest issue includes a section NJ to recent developments in es, including some of the latest iatic gearboxes, disc-brake systems, mechanisms and tubeless tyres.
ver steering systems, automatic les, exhaust brakes and recent sus)n systems are also dealt with.
[-Rover Compressor
air compressor with an output of 8. elm. at 100. p.s.i. has been profor use on Land-Rovers by B.E.N. Es, Ltd., P.O. Box 10, High mbe, Bucks. It is driven by a belt rear power take-off and compiises i-cylindered unit of 4 in. bore and .7-ed at £95, it can' be attached or 'off the vehicle in a few minutes, then in use delivers sufficient air for such as digging, backfill ramming oncrete vibrating, as well as lighter applications including rust scaling and hedge cutting or spraying insecticides. The cost includes driving belts, governor and tubular air receiver.
Quick Cleaner
*THE Det-On steam cleaner is a port' able unit introduced by the Wanson
• Co., Ltd., 7 Elstree Way, Boreham Wood, Herts. It requires connection to a water supply and an electric power point. and within three minutes of switching on can produce a jet of steam mixed with boiling water. Detergent solution may be injected into the steam circuit after it has passed the heating coil. Any water supply is suitable, and 110 gal. of water can be transformed into steam at a pressure of from 85-180 p.s.i., according to mains pressure.
The Det-On is heated by an automatic jet-type oil burner, and an electric motor drives the water pump, burner pump and fan. The unit measures 2 ft. wide, 3 ft.
4 in. long and 3 ft. 7 in. high. It is shortly to go into production.
Moving Long Loads
VIEANS for transporting long loads ILL down narrow factory aisles with a Lansing BagnaIl SOEP2 stilIage truck have, been devised by a user. The loads may be placed on a trailer, and the truck platform is placed underneath it from the side.
The platform is elevated but not so much that the wheels of the trailer are raised from the ground. The steering and driving head of the SOEP2 arc then turned so that the wheels are in line with those of the trailer, and the other wheels follow by castor action.
Elevator Trucks TWO additions to the range of Verto
lifter hydraulic elevator trucks manufactured by Messrs. Powell and Co., Burry Port. Carms, are now available. The latest models cater for payloads of 1,200 lb. and 1.600 lb. and can be provided to lift to heights of 5 ft. or 6 ft. 3 in,