Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-10-20

1t is, therefore, necessary 10 measure
the. record of these factors separately
and add them to find the power output
at any instant.
Testing Apparatus Devised.
The bureau of standards has recent.
ly completed the design and construc'
ton of apparatus necessary for MAXI
ing such tests, and although, as may
be inferred from the nature of the
problem, the apparatus is complex,
it has been reduced to d very compact
form so that it can be installed in a
car in about one day. The apparatus
consists of Photographic recorder,
which records the rate of fuel con-
sumption, and another instrument
with recording pens which gives on
a single strip of paper a record OF the
following quantities: ID engine
speed; (2) manifold depression; ~
temperature of inlet water; (4) tenn
perature of outlet water; (5) tempera-
ture of oil; (6) temperature or me
differentia; Cd temperature or ar
at the entrance to the carburetor; tS)
temperature of the atmospheric air;
(9) weight of air being used by the
engine; (10) acceleration of the car;
(11) air speed, and (12) apparent oil
rection of wind.
The record so obtained makes 1t
possible to determine not only the
power generated by the engine, Dut
also how it's power is used. II
should appear from the record that an
excessive amount of power is being
absorbed in any one part of the meeh.
anism, improvements in design TO re-
duce the losses would be called for.
Systematic tests with apparatus OF
this kind should result in pointing out
where improvements in designs of en-
gines and cars are most needed ana
may be expected to result in improved
designs of greater efficiency than those
now in use.
Measuring Moist Sand.
The bureau has started an investi-
CATION to determine the feasibility II
measuring sand for concrete in an
inundated condition. With small adj
ditions of moisture to sand, the sand
"swells," that is, the volume occupied
by a given quantity of sand Increases,
and this increase sometimes reaches
an amount as large as 38 per cent of
the original volume Conversely, the
quantity of sand in a measure of CIV
en- size varies greatly with the amount
of moisture in the sand. This fact
makes If difficult to insure the same
proportion betW cen sand and cement
in successive patches of concrete be-
cause the percentage of moisture IN
sand varies greatly from time to time.
Preliminary Investigations have indl-
Gated that if the vessel in which the
sand is measured contains sufficient
water to submerge the sand, the same
quantity of sand can be placed in the
vessel, regardless of the quantity of
moisture originally contained.
The investigation is to determine
whether the measurement of sand in
undated will effect uniformity in the
proportioning of sand to cement and
consequently uniformity in the strength
of the concrete.
supreme OOQTL fNSSQHCS NsOINs
The 132d session of the Supreme
court of the United States opened
Monday, october 2. There was moth
ing spectacular about the opening
there never is. The chief justice
and the eight associate justices who
make up the court, in accordance with
long-established custom, made cour-
tesy call on the President Monday af-
ternoon and then went to work. No
body of .aen in the world is more pow
erful, none more awe inspiring, none
more bound by custom and tradition,
and probably none more enlightened
and progressive in action.
The DEGREES of the court can annul
the will OF the President of the United
States, of the congress, and of even
the people themselves. The men who
made the Constitution intended it
should be so. it always has been so
and doubtless will continue to be so
as long as the republic endures. Ev-
cry decade since the court was estab-
lished has produced critics of the court.
Within the last few months the demand
made at frequent intervals down
through the years that the powers of
the court be restricted has been re-
newed by men who call themselves.
progressive statesmen, but these recent
criticisms, like the criticisms that have
gone before, have not apparently weak
ened the standing of the court with
the people in the slightest degree.
The court itself is of the opinion
that in some respects its method of
transacting business might be i'm
proved. It's wheels grind slowly, and
from time to time there is complaint,
much of it undoubtedly well grounded,
that the business before the body
should be expedited.
William Howard Taft, former Pres
ident of the United States, who is now
chief Justice of the court is IN sym
pathy with this criticism, and during
the present session of the court will
submit to the associate justices certain
recommendations which, if carried out.
would. he believes, cure some of the
shortcomings complained of. During
the last summer Chief Justice Taft Wis
tied England and made careful study
of the high courts there. He brought
back with him some ideas which will,
it is understood, in due time be intro
duced in the routine affairs of the