Word: gears
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Wilhelm Maybach, 84, oldtime motor maker, inventor of the spray carburetor, honeycomb radiator, change-speed gear, designer of the first Mercedes automobile (1900) ; at Stuttgart, Germany. At his Maybach Motor Works, the motors of the Graf Zeppelin were constructed...
Inside equipment has been altered and refined. Flower vases are now in the Greek manner; many-hued rayon-silk covers the seats; Egyptian sculpture motives have been adapted for dashboard instruments; vivid soda-fountain marble is used for gear shift handles. With the introduction of non-dulling, non-rusting chrome-nickels, there are more cars with shiny, metallic surfaces than ever before. The hood is sometimes of different texture from the rest of the body...
...miles, 20 Army planes of the 1st Pursuit Group at Selfridge Field, Mich., will wing a bleak way to Seattle and back again, this week and next, to test the winter endurance of personnel, of new high-powered planes. The planes use skis instead of wheels on landing gear...