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The advantage of Diesel motors over gasoline motors in automobiles would be their simplicity of structure and absence of vibration. Instead of a carburetor and valves, a Diesel* motor has a small spray to inject fuel into the cylinder at the moment when the piston has risen and greatly compressed...
Lucky the mother whose sons succor her in an hour of need. Luckier the mother whose sons, in their time of plenty, come with filial presents and a heart of gratitude. Chicago, mother of vast fortunes in grain, machinery, mail-order goods and department store wares, last week rejoiced over...
The U. S. Navy Department and the Bureau of Mines last week announced successful experiments anent a new use for helium. Faced with severe diffculties in diving operations to raise the sunken submarine S-51 from 128 feet of water off Block Island (TIME, Oct. 5, 12), experts designed a...
Snow Melter. At Long Island City, a steam roller rumbled and puffed through the snowy streets. But it was a new kind of steam roller. Its front looked more like a big boiler, which did not weigh heavily on the ground but pressed against it, sending aloft clouds of fleecy...
Nor can the critic always be blamed for his shrewishness. Even though one grant him a disposition superior to chronic mud slinging, his provocation is immense. Before rattling off the presses, most novels have endured compression to standard dimensions of theme and plot. More than human patience would be required...