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Regulations ConcernLL inquiries are received ing Petrol Storage by the Automobile As Without Licence . . sociation concerning the law relating to the storage of petrol. It points out that whilst the regulations are complex, the essential requirements are that petrol not for resale may be stored without a licence only if the following conditions be observed:—It must be in leak-proof metal containers, and written notice, renewable every January, must be given to the local authority if it be proposed to use vessels holding more than two gallons each or to keep more than two containers in a place within 20 ft. of any other building or inflammable material. In no case may more than 60 gallons be kept in any one storage place without a licence. The store, unless in the open, must be properly ventilated and have an entrance direct from the open air. Proper means for extinguishing a petrol lire, such as a supply of sand or earth, must be readily available. Much Technical 'PROM time to time we have

Information from referred to specific ludasEnemy Industries . . trial reports of interest to our

industry from Germany and Japan, which have been prepared by allied industrialists, mainly British and American. Some of these are of considerable value, as representing the latest technical advancements in those countries. The total from Germany now exceeds 2,000, covering all subjects. In addition the British Intelligence Objectives Sub-committee has, at its information section, 37, Bryanston Square London, WA, a considerable volume of information in a form unsuitable for general reproduction. It is prepared to receive inquiries on all problems relating to scientific and technical intelligence concerning both German and Japanese industry. The general reports are available from H.M. Stationery Office, but are also sent to the chief public libraries, chambers of commerce, universities, professional and scientific institutions, and the trade associations concerned.

FOR some time Scotland has been vociferous in its demand for autonomy in the management of its transport. Opposition to nationalization has been based not so much on principle as on the fear that control of Scottish transport will pass into the butterfingers of Whitehall. The Minister of Transport's assurances that local needs would be fully considered have not been accepted, and the Scottish Council has now put forward counter-proposals for the formation of a transport board for Scotland, with powers similar to those to be given to the British Transport Commission. Bearing in mind the success of Scotsmen as administrators throughout the Empire, and the remoteness of officialdom from everything other than procedure, the Government could do a good deal worse than let Scotland look after its own affairs.

Why Not Let Scotland Look After its Own Affairs

Leyland Re s ear c h WE have made a note to Engineer Gets VV. take our slide-rule with us Technical Over Golf when we next go golfing.

Mr. G. Waring, of Leyland Motors' research department, has made some interesting findings in terms of lb.-ft., b.h.p., and r.p.m. from the subject of golf, his inquisitions being aided by the use of apparatus in his employer's laboratory. A golf ball in flight, he says, decelerates quicker than a bus with its brakes full on. The retardation of the ball is 32.6 ft. per see. per sec., equivalent to 100 per cent. braking efficiency. To produce a 200-yd. drive, a down swing of a club, taking 0.12 sec., produces 8 b.h.p. with a_ torque of 170 lb.-ft. at a speed equal to 275 r.p.m. Of the energy thus created, only 26.8 per cent. is transferred to the ball, the remainder being absorbed in the follow-through, frictional losses at the club face, sound and vibration.


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