Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-07
DOINGS IN THE AUTO WORLD
Carbureon Big Item for Cold Weather Starting of Cars
United States Motorists Granted 10 Day Privilege
of Touring Canada Without Complications
That There VIII be 5000, 900 Cars in 1920

TIL unpleasantness of cold weather
starting has been eliminated by better
motor design. Automobile engineers
have done a great deal of experiment.
| ing in order to make easier the start
| ing of cold motors. AS a result, cars
| having carburetors designed in correct
| relation to the motor; ignition that is
reliable even on the lowest motor
| speed, and easily accessible printing
| devices are those that can be right
| fully called all-weather cars.
Carburetion is naturally a big item
for cold weather starting. Gasoline
| will flow at low temperatures, but it's
vaporization is difficult to draw into
the motor on cold days. Hence, the
long intake manifold is practically
| ing its cold walls, condenses and flows
| back to the carburetor. This obstacle
has been overcome by having the car
buretor directly connected to the CYL
inder block and therefore at the near
est point to the cylinder chambers.
Methods to produce carburetion
| have also undergone changes. Water
was used in some instances to flow
around the carburetor. The more
| simple design of using hot air from
| the motor has superseded this, how
ever, giving better results. Ignition
| is a factor to be considered in easy
| motor starting. Magnetos are adj
| mitted to be reliable when the motor
! is running at a high speed, but not
when it is being turned over slowly
| by the starter.
Dry cells are only reliable when at
| their full power and to have this re-
| qulreS frequent renewals. Even If
| kept renewed at frequent intervals.
| they prove a nuisance owing to the
additional wiring involved. Low speed
| ignition that has proved reliable for
| easy starting has met with success in
the generator storage battery system.
| This method gives a good hot spark
at all times and serves the purpose of
| starting the motor at once even if only
| a lean gasoline mixture exists.
| The old-time method of printing the
motor by hand has been replaced by
| a cowl board control that operates the
carburetor in such a manner that the
| raw gasoline is drawn directly into the
| motor. Besides the accessibility of
the device more easy starting also is
| brought about. Automobiling is be-
coming a national sport that is follow
ed at all times by people in all eli
mates To meet the demand. follow
ers of the sport are becoming critical
| in their selections and the car used
must be capable of withstanding vary
| ing conditions.
All accessories Of a car that are
subject to wear can be greatly re-
! duced. The life of the wiring. gas
1 tubing, can be increased at slight ex-
pense and little trouble. Metallic
| flexible tubing is now marketed in
ject to the weather and could not
a small piece of this was placed over
the rubber tubing. leading to the gas
| lights, the rubber would not be sub
! ject to the weather and could not
kink, a trouble frequently met with.
! A method of preserving the insula-
| ton on the wires leading from the
| battery. Pieces of tubing are insert
| ed in holes in the battery box and the
| wires passed through them.
The Canadian parliament in Ottawa
| has granted to motorists in the Uni
| ted States the privilege of touring for
| 10 days in Canada without complica-
tons as to licenses or customs bonds.
Canadian motorists in the United
States have had this privilege for
some time, but on entering Canada it
was necessary to get a license and put
up a bond for the transportation of
the car, which usually cost about IS.
The present privileges are granted at
the discretion of the customs officials
and are contingent upon satisfying
him that it is the intention to take the
car out of the country again.
Last spring the Royal Automobile
Club tested in England a fuel origi-
mating in Natal, South Africa, which
was a combination of alcohol and eth
er and was known as natalie. 1t
showed very excellent qualities as
compared with gasoline and If the
excise restrictions on alcohol were re-
moved could compete successfully with
gasoline in many markets.
Another such fuel known as ethol
has now been produced and has re-
Gently been tested by Prof. John Orr
| Of the School of Mines and Technol-