One Hears
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• That son-le clubs have boring bars.
That commercial vehicles are not yet being bought on •" frog" currency.
That the new Diamond T truck has as its enginevibration damper a flywheel floating in silicone fluid. Of many toad casualties on country roads.
. That the American term for a smoke-fog is "smog."
Of silver mudguards used by smugglers of precious metals.
That if you cannot have the world you may have an E.R.F.
Of scale being cracked off steel bars by rapid induction heating.
That it is worth at least 5s. per lb. in additional first cost to save vehicle weight.
That Firestone cold-processed synthetic rubber is proving excellent for American tyres.
That the vehicle display of the Institute of Public Cleansing will be under cover—not under counter.
Of an interesting centrifugal switch for singlephase ac. motors, produced by Tilling-Stevens, Ltd.
That removing some people from direct taxation but retaining this for others, lowers the sense of responsibility of the first class so affected. , That scrap is in short supply in America partly because 14,000,000 cars which would have been " junked " in normal times are still running.
That ductile titanium is being produced by Du Pont and may form the basis of a new range of strong light alloys superior in some respects to any others.
That over one-third of the suggestions put forward under the Firestone 1948 scheme to encourage ideas from workers have been accepted and awards made. A27