Word: traction
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Because of his World War I stint, Herrington knew that the tremendous traction of his all-wheel trucks would be useful in anyone's army. So he prepared for the boom; 30 days after the Germans broke into Poland, Herrington broke ground for a fivefold expansion of plant facilities. Then he expanded again & again. His output is now 20-25 times that of August 1939, still going...
...best heavy tank in the world was unveiled at Eddystone, near Philadelphia, this week. A joint product of Baldwin Locomotive Works and U.S. Army Ordnance, it weighs 57 tons, is heavily armored with welded and cast plate. Its contours are rounded to deflect hits, and even its traction gear is protected by steel. Its turrets are power driven, its silhouette cut down. It totes a three-inch double-purpose anti-tank & aircraft gun, powerful enough to stop any tank in existence, is equipped with a secret device, which gives its gunners 500% more accuracy than...
...jeep, a stubby, bouncy crossbreed between the half-ton command car and the motor tricycle, is as ugly as a bull pup. It has a wheelbase of only 80 in. (Ford V8: 114 in.) and a fourwheel drive that provides enormous traction for its 42-h.p. engine. It has no trouble pulling light field pieces, can skitter along a road at 60 m.p.h. Designed to replace motorcycles and sidecars for reconnaissance work, it can go anywhere a cycle can, and a lot of places a cycle can't. It can be used as a troop carrier (three men easily...
...close to the French shore to get out to the floats. He is rich, wavy-haired Wing Commander Whitney Willard Straight, 28, son of the late Major Willard D. Straight, unorthodox Morgan banker who founded and funded the New Republic. Wing Commander Straight is a grandson of the late traction tycoon William C. Whitney, cousin of Cornelius Vanderbilt ("Sonny") Whitney and John Hay ("Jock") Whitney...
Tires 100% liquid-filled, to weigh down the structurally light rear end of tractors, provide better traction. The 15% solution of calcium chloride in water will not freeze above -20°, reduces bouncing and sidewall buckling, requires little care because water will not diffuse through an inner tube as air does. The liquid distributes pressure to all parts of the tire, unlike a solid filler. The tire was developed by Goodyear, is not yet on the market...