The Washington herald., 1913-04-20


Initial price. or some detail of equipment
or the body, design. but they will de-
mand service. The basis of Warren
value Is its service"
Miller Bros. local agents for the Ford.
announce the delivery of cars to the
following: Al Burnstein, George J. Hoff.
man, L. F. Hall, Henry ]. Juenemann,
DIR. A. A. Synder. DIR. Margaret X.
Evans. Mrs. Mary Brown. Simon p.
Griffith. Laura E. Bangerter. and Man.
ming Stoode.
The local Apperson dealer has compiled
some very interesting facts on power.
THE time is past says Mr.. Emerson.
when either the owner. dealer, or man.
ufacturer placed confidence In the A.
| L A. NJ. formula for calculating horse
power. The old rule was based on cyl
| Under dimensions only. and the folly Of
| this rule is more evident now than ever
| before. when one stops to consider that
| even two motors exactly the same size
using different grades Of gasoline could
not possibly develop the same power.
1T is just as nonsensical to insist that
all motors of equal piston displacement
1 dtO Cqudhy poWCiAui' dS W iidiltdiI lila
| all ty-four-year-old men, six feet
tall. and weighing $50 pounds can do
! the same amount of work in the same
| length of time.
''The amount of power In a motor is
| inversely reciprocal with the heat evolv-
| ed In other words, the energy in the
| gasoline can either be converted into
power that goes out through the rear
axle or heat that is transmitted through
radiation or shot out of the mufiler.
! The more heat. the less power. The
| more heat the more gasoline and OIL
| The less heat, the more power and less
/ fuel. The more power, the less gear
| shifting.
ITO keep the motor cool we go to
such extremes as T-head separated cyl
| inders, with the hot exhaust valve en-
| tirely isolated from the inlet valve.
| This not only gives greater area for
water circulation. but greater area
for actual radiation from the casting.
On top Of this the better fabricated a
motor Is the'-more power it will de-
velop. because oilng does away with
friction, and friction. of course. creates
| heat.
There are two things that heat up a
| motor. the hot explosive gases them
selves. and the friction of the piston in
the cylinder. Were you to run your
motor without any oil you would find
that il would heat up and the pistons
would stick. The hollow crank shaft
oiling system used in Apperson cars Is
! said to be the extreme in the lubricating
Of motors. Also the faster you can
get water through your cylinder back
into the radiator the less heat.
The secret in building a powerful
motor lies I'm the successful reduction Of
the thermal unit. Apperson horsepower
is not figured by the A. L. A. NJ. form
ula. Every motor is tested on a Tracy
dynamometer. Since $50 many motors
develop more power than this formula
credits them with, I cannot understand
why the Society of Automobile Enei-
! neers still clings to this ancient idea.
but suppose that the future will take
| care Of this"
I'm addition to increasing the efficiency
and comfort of an automobile. a de-
pendable cranking device is a material
/ factor in gasoline economy" said Joseph
NJ. Stoddard, local agent for the Cadil-
lac car. I'm driving around the city
much of the fuel is consumed while the
engine Is running idle. At least, such
is the case when the car il not equipped
with an efficient automatic cranking de-
| VICE. III city WOrk driver Tolls up
to the curb. jumps out. makes a brief
call. and is of again to the next place.
He often makes many such stops in a
day. II he has no automatic starter he
will let the engine rum. because he does
not want to undergo the annoyance and
the labor Of cranking. To go through
that operation ten. twenty, or more
times day entails a great deal Of en-
ergy and consumes time therefore, he
let's the engine run idle so that he can
step in and drive away without loss Of
time and without the outlay Of ply steal
effort.
eff. on the other hand. his car is equip
ped with dependable cranking device.
he will stop his engine, no matter how
brief his call may be, because he knows
that all that is required to start 1t again
is to press the button. Consequently. the
car so equipped IL consuming no gasoline
during these frequent stops and has that
much advantage in fuel economy over
the car that must be cranked by hand"
David s. Hindrichs, local agent for the
Franklin car. In speaking Of tire trouble
said: In any consideration of reliability
tires should be included. Tire trouble
should be penalized in the Glidden Tour
and all other public reliability contests"
These contests are controlled by the
automobile manufacturers and for sonis
reason they do not deem it advisable to
include tires in determining reliability. A
car can have serious trouble and make
a perfect score, when a loose wind shield
or cracked fender. that causes no rrou-
BILE or delay, is penalized. The most I'M
reliable feature is omitted when de-
termining reliability.
by excluding tires the demand for
tire reliability has been held back, but
owners have been getting at the truth
by long and expensive experience. Peo-
pie would not tolerate known weakness
in any part Of the car. They would not
Tor example, put up with a construction
that compelled frequent replacing of
drive shaft. II they hSd to carry
spare drive shaft, they reould condemn
the whole car, even though a replace.
nent could be made quickly. They ex-
pect all mechanical parts to last the r
natural life.
THAT Is what tires should do. They
should last their natural lifetime. They
should not blow out before their time
Automobile users generally have
thought that tire trouble and excessive
tire expense were inherent in the tires,
But they are now getting at the truth.
They are realizing that 1t is overlooking
that makes the mischief with tires They
are finding that 1t is weight and bulk |
that makes heavy expense.
Tire trouble comes from too much
weight, car too heavy for the size of
the tires-or. putting 1t the other way, |
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