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*Svinhufvud, mistranslated "Pig's Head," means "Boar's Head." The name derives from the family crest, an aristocratic blazon which the Svinhufvuds share with the Dukes of Argyll, Harvard's Porcellian Club and Gordon's Gin.
Died. Alan Ian Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland, 50, grandson of the 8th Duke of Argyll, a diehard Conservative in the House of Lords, part owner of the London Morning Post, after long illness; in London.
Died. The Dowager Duchess Ina of Argyll, former private secretary to Queen Victoria, Lady of the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert, third wife of the eighth Duke of Argyll; at London.
The consensus of opinion indicates that the new motor will have a single sleeve-valve engine. This engine was perfected in Scotland, and has been widely used in the "Argyll" car abroad. Louis Chevrolet, automobile builder, has recently been trying it out with a view to adapting it for U...
The "Argyll" is said to require only 28 moving parts. Its engine consists of a single sleeve-valve of cylindrical form, having ports at the top and a single universal driving connection at the bottom.