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Meanwhile, a movie camera peeks over the pilot's shoulder, keeping one more record of what can be seen through the windshield. Bulging below the plane's nose, a still camera points toward the ground and snaps a picture every two seconds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Weather Measure | 9/7/1953 | See Source »

Last week the first mass-produced TR-2 came off the assembly line. Short (12 ft. 4 in.) and low (3 ft. 10 in. to the top of the windshield), it has a four-cylinder, 90-h.p. engine with two carburetors and 8.5 to 1 compression ratio. The TR-2 gets 24 miles to the gallon, has independent front-wheel suspension for easier riding and two bucket seats. A particular attraction for sports-car buyers: the jetlike scream produced at high speed by the air scoop in front. The TR-2 will go on sale in the U.S. early...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Britain's Triumph | 7/13/1953 | See Source »

Died. Mary Anderson, 87, who invented the first patented windshield wiper (1903), a hand-operated device for streetcars; in Monteagle, Tenn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jul. 6, 1953 | 7/6/1953 | See Source »

Motorists owning automobiles with Massachusetts license plates will have to get a little blue tag on the corner of the auto's windshield by Friday if they don't want to find a violation ticket there instead...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mass. Cars Must Be Inspected by Friday | 4/28/1953 | See Source »

...Auto-Lite Co.'s Chairman Royce G. Martin, 68, is only the second biggest employer (8,000 workers in six plants).†But he is the world's biggest independent maker of auto parts. His company not only turns out 400 different items, ranging from sparkplugs to windshield wipers and tail lamps, but it is growing fast. Last week Martin broke ground for a new $2,000,000 plant, which will increase his employment by 1,000 and his sales an estimated $10 million a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Pancho Villa's Boy | 3/16/1953 | See Source »

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