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Standard Thread for Tanks
IT is interesting to observe that the new Centurion I Mark VII Tank which is to be made in the Leyland Motors Ministry of Supply factory incorporates, for the first time in such a machine, the standardized screw thread agreed between the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. No doubt this example will help to sway the opinions of manufacturers of other products towards using this important feature. Wherever possible it would be advisable to adopt the standardized thread in all products which are likely to be exported. Of course, in connection with armaments, the need to do so is obvious.
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The Moving Spirit in Transport
ACOLOUR cartoon film called "The Movinf
Spirit" has been produced by B.P. Ltd. It trace. the development of road vehicles from the " horseles carriage" of the 1880s to the streamlined vehicles o today.
The use of petrol (the moving spirit), the replace ment of chain drive by the propeller shaft, thi introduction of the pneumatic tyre and the evolutiol of mass production, are all humorously depicted Copies of this 18-mm. .film may be borrowed fror the Press and Information Section, Shell-Mex an B.P., Ltd., Shell-Mex House, Strand, London,
The at Home
0VER 2,000 members of the British Standards Institution representing . trade and industry, research organizations, technical institutes, Government departments and other interests accepted the invitation to inspect the new home of the B.S.I. at 2 Park Street, London, W.1, last week. The move from the many scattered departments in Victoria Street and Gillingham Street took place early in August, but there was practically no interruption in the normal services to members. Now the B.S.I. has discovered great advantages in its central and well-planned eight-floor building, where the staff of 300 can carry out their work with much greater efficiency, Fortunately, some of the members were able to help the conversion by supplying equipment at specially favourable terms. Current British Standards now exceed 2,000 and a stock of over Tim. copies is maintained, as nearly lm. are distributed annually, of which 250,000 go overseas. The whole of the second floor is devoted to accommodation for meetings. This includes the B.S.I. council room and 10 for committees, whilst four additional committee rooms are on the fourth floor. The fact that the number of meetings in a year exceeds 3,500 indicates how much they will be put to use.
Claiming the Credit
IT seems that Mr. W. R. Black, president of the I Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders was an apprentice engineer in one of our famous shipyards, and at the Society's banquet, he told a story concerning those days which was received with much laughter.
Accompanied by his mother, he had witnessed the launching of a battleship. After the cheers and other noises of the launching, there was a moment of silence, broken by his mother's voice saying " Our Willie built that! "
He has " built " quite a lot since then, but nothing quite so large individually.