Word: carburetor
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...Lost was a suit over a patent for manifolds in Toledo. General Motors was ordered to pay to Swan Carburetor Co. $621,500 in royalties...
...Fords were not wholly new models, but the 1933 model with improvements. Chief changes: 1) a new dual intake manifold to the carburetor to increase mileage 2½ mi. to the gallon, increase speed from 82 to 87 m.p.h., increase power 12%, improve pickup; 2) automatic thermostat that prevents warm water from the motor circulating through the radiator until the engine has warmed up, thereby improving cold weather starting; 3) windows that move not only up and down, but also slightly sideways to provide a slit for draftless ventilation; 4) a more stylish radiator grill; 5) increases...
...little picture in which Sandy Norton (William Haines) wins a big speedboat race with his coy fiancee (Madge Evans) sitting beside him and a large crowd cheering, in Avalon Bay off Catalina Island, Calif. Sandy is a young inventor and ex-sailor who finances the installation of a special carburetor in his Miss Victory by boarding yachts and robbing their owners. It is giving away no secret to tell how the race turns out because by the time it happens you are likely to be waiting, not to see who wins, but to find out how obnoxious Haines can become...
...affected by the deflation of 1921, a managerial feat mentioned in many a text book. Studebaker engineers point with pride to the adoption of free-wheeling in 1930, the first convertible top (1924), full power mufflers (which increase horse-power), 90% elimination of motor roar by a carburetor silencer, ball-bearing spring shackles, hydrostatic gas gauges. Figure-wise Mr. Erskine last spring saw that the plants were overvalued, ordered a $16,000,000 writedown (TIME, April 4). Like many another western executive Russel Erskine is at his office before 8 a.m. But he often interrupts the day to play...
...closer together. Then Wood shot ahead, in an uproar of cheers and boat whistles. Miss England III, her engines sputtering now, slowed down miserably to 49.661 m. p. h. in the fifth lap, crossed the finish two miles behind Miss America X, She had a broken throttle at the carburetor on her starboard motor, a break in the overflow pipe for water circulation that shot water into the boat instead of over the side, caused Kaye Don to wonder if he had sprung a leak...