Evening star., 1911-06-04
HOROGRAPH
TIMING MACHINE

and range in size from ono to ten
tons capacity, with every style Of body
for various commercial purposes. Mac"
is well known in local motoring circles.
mobile Club. He drove the pilot car
a Matheson-in the recent -Four Leaf
Glover Sociability" run. and on the last
day of the tour piloted the big racing
machine from Leonardtown, Nd, to
Washington in two hours fiat. The car
left here at midnight, and on the re-
turn trip. which was made before dawn.
with the aid Of searchlight lamps. the
seven miles an hour. He Is one Of the
best posted men on the technical
branch of the automobile industry in
this city. and foresees broad neld
| for the use OF commercial vehicles In
the National Capital.
j Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Barnard ana
| family spent Decoration day with
friends at Mount Airy, Md. They left
Washington early Tuesday morning in
their Stoddard-Dayton touring car, re-
turning the same evening
The owner of an automobile soon
finds that nothing is more detrimental
to- car than the improper and Excess
sive use of the brakes. The driver
what system is adopted of check
ing speed-with the exception of the
forces of gravity of inertia-a strain
is brought to bear on the transmission
becomes excessive and exceedingly
detrimental if the car is checked or
stopped with great suddenness
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The ten new automobiles added to
the New York fire department for use
red. making them exceptionally at
tractive in appearance. Twenty driv-
ers are taking a course of instruction
at the City Fire College for duty as
chauffeurs.
are a number of men employed there
lis always some one designated as the
kid glove" chauffeur. because of the
attention that party gives to his
To. those who wish to keep their
hands in good condition. and at the
same time work about q car unham-
pered by gloves. ETC. the. the roiiowins Toll ing
fore starting to do anything to
motor car, it is a good plan to fill the
nails and crevices around the same
with soap, and the fingers may also
This prevents the dirt securing posi-
| tions from which it Is most dimcult
| to dislodge 1t. A great deal OF, the
dirt that does adhere may De removed
by rinsing the hands IN AZ Refosene hsnds ~ T'
vaseline and put few drops OF am
monia into the hot washing water 10
a useful plan.
shingle Hill. at New Haven, Conn,
| where the Yale and New Haven Au'omo. 1
| bile clubs are to hold a climb on June
| 10, is being thoroughly massaged for this
| annual affair. Gangs of workmen are
busy removing rocks and trees from the
course and banking the turns
The Yale Base Ball Association has OF
fered the promoters several hundred
wards OF rope to fence the course. The
| student guard that kept tho neld clear az
the recent aviation meet has volunteered
| its services to assist the West Haven po-
| lice to keen the course clear. Capt. Fred
Daily of the university foot ball team
will have a new title on the day OF the
| climb-that OF Chief Daily OF the police
! department" The foot ball star Will
| have a number of gridiron favorites to
| help him buck the line" SO that the
drivers can see clear way to the goal.
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II excessive wear is detected in the
| valve stems on modern cars the most
natural and best remedy would be to re-
adjust the adjustable plungers. so that
| when the valve is on its seat there Is
| lust the thickness of a visiting card be-
tween the bottom OF its stem and the top
/ of the plungers when the engine is hot.
| NAV become necessary to alter the length
| between the valve frame and the bottom
| of the valve stem, which can be done by
turning the valve head in the lathe.
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II Is scarcely too much to maintain that
there are few Industries today which are
not dependent, in one way or another, on
products made from crude petroleum. No
wheel can turn without fabrication. and
the time has not long since passed when
oil lubricants were taken exclusively from
the vegetable or animal kingdom. The
/ list Of products which are being made
| from crude mineral oil is growing every
day, and what were called "by-products"
by old-time petroleum refners have now
relegated to comparative insigniflcancs
what was formerly the main product,
namely, burning oil.
In greatest contrast to the consump-
ton and importance of these mineral prod
ucts, the methods Of testing on which
most purchasers of the various products
depend be the consumers individuals,
corporations or governments, are the
same as were devised during the infancy
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