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...compartments, scenes of the death struggles were revealed. Men had stuck to their posts. Inside the gash where the Rome had bitten, pinned between the bent steel plates and the engineroom bulkhead, was the body of a seaman. One arm was stretched out in an effort to grasp the lever which would have closed an emergency valve and perhaps have saved the lives of some of his fellows...
...Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dynamo Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accumulator or battery Gasket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Washer Truck . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Lorry Instrument board. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Facia board Transmission. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gearbox Emergency brake. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hand brake Choke . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .Strangler Sedan. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Saloon Propeller shaft . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . Cardan shaft Countershaft. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Layshaft Crank. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .Starting handle Connecting rod bearing. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .Big end Gasoline. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Petrol Duco (as general term). . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . Cellulose Gear shift . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Change speed lever Spark plug . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sparking plug Oil pan. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sump
...Eric Campbell Geddes (TIME, March 1, BUSINESS), Chairman of the Dunlop Tire and Rubber Company and Allied Companies, First Lord of the British Admiralty (1917-18); 2) The Rt. Hon. Reginald M'Kenna, Chairman of the Midland Bank, First Lord of the Admiralty (1908-11); 3) Sir Samuel Hardman Lever, Financial Secretary to the Treasury...
...compilated from the two authorities by the Advertisers' Weekly : CHANGE OVER 1925 1924 Proctor & Gamble $2,691,922 +$1,282,932 Postum Cereal 1,954,915 +680,085 Congoleum 1,836,200 +654,300 Campbell Soup 1,750,280 +231,080 Co.* Lambert Pharmacal 1.577,630 +808,597 Lever Bros 1,139,650 -199,700 Colgate 1,107,458 - 50,987 Jergens, Andrew Co... 949,100 +171,225 Fleischmann 933,085 +429,525 Willys Overland 896,887 + 37,037 Palmolive 895,489 + 37,047 Victor Talking Ma chine Co 864,200 -320,110 Armstrong Cork...
Another serious problem for the larger makers of industrial alcohol is the competition afforded their product by glycerin compounds for preventing frozen radiators. Glycerin is a by-product of soapmaking, and such large soapmakers as Lever Bros, and Procter & Gamble are strenuously seeking to market glycerin anti-freeze mixtures. The Commercial Solvents Co. and the United Carbide Co. also are perfecting competitive mixtures for the same purpose...