HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1925-06-04, Page 2The. Autornobile
i HELP; THE ENGINE TO ADJI1 ST ITSELF ,IN HOT WEATHER,
It rn+,ekes a difference to the motor- solution out •of the system. At the
ist whether the thernroineter stands same tijia fresh water.' run from a
at 90 degrees in the shade or at zero. hoes or other source should be fed into
He will soon find out that during the the top of the radiator as fast as it
heated term the engine readily be- is pumped out and,thus finsh the en-
emies overh e•ated. He should be fa- tire system before eonnecting up the
milia?r with the various causes of this hose again.
automotive situation. One reason may Whe .e the thermo-syphon system is
be because the engine is getting tea used, which does not employ a pump,
much fuel. If the engine is fed too it is, of course, impossible to do this.
much gasoline, it will tend to get too But one should remove both upper and
hot. The remedy in such an instance lower hose- connections after running
obviously lies in thinning down the the engine with the solution and wash
mixture. A driver will usually find it out as well as possible with fresh
that the fuel required for summer mo- water. A hose inserted in the upper
tering should be leaner than that used connection of the..cy inder would force
in 'winter. out all the solution with a collection
The summer driver finds that the of sediment, and the same process with
water in the radiator has a greater the radiator ought to clean it out.
tendency to boil, which is the result of FAN BELT MAY GIVE TROUBLE.
an overheated engine. However, the
most effective results will be secured
when this water is not too Bold. Some
engines develop much less than the
maximum horsepower because they
are too well cooled. Others seem to
Fan belts are more likely to get out
of order in . summer than .. in winter.
This may be because the engine throws
grease and oil more readily in hot
weather. Belts should have oil enough
to keep them soft and pliable, but not.
become overheated in spite of the best enough to cause slipping. They should
care. I be wiped free of all oil occasionally-.'
Such conditions would not obtain if , It is always possible to adjust the belt.'
various parts were working as the de-' The belt should be tightened so that
I signer intended they should. During there is sufficient tension to drive the
1the cold weather the motorist wlio fan at all engine speeds.
t, • - habitually drives with a retarded) Wherever the flywheel has spokes
1• spark' may observe no serious conse- to form a fan the oil pan and hood
IR quences because the outside temper-' should be, kepttight
ti • so that the air
PPk ature is in his favor. But in ,the good will be drawn through the radiator
II 'old summer time he finds that his ' -rather than through other openings. If
�► engine overheats and gives trouble. the radiator is not kept free from oil
Said to date back to the:18th century, tide, frame structure at Sillery,.
Quebec, is described es the , `eldest hous'3 in Canada." Acquired by the Do
minion Historical Society, it will be used for exhibition purposes.
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Tla.vo you ever become suddenly cold, lifeless niftily donees In :the nzos&
4onsel'°11s •of someone• looking at you, l tniTeanny nT'auner,
and in•stznc liv;Ciy alined round. to 853 Ti s t1Le power, of the oye ns s ao-
to tl toot, ehoolboys, o4 soul se, maws
who It was? :clave you ever len a Wag suspe•bted it, But Selenoe lies
pair of_eyaz staring' at you? People only just eoniiri»ed their ,speculation
u$UClly foe1 unncomfortab a wirgzi sit- that; triers marry is something in •the
ting in tt"railway carriago'with a bat- headmaster's g•1ape. More, this eye-
ray -meter actually tneasure,s, the poluer
tery or eves apposite. Why? Again, ,.of the eye. Ordinary people, even
-Mien folk meet 'To!' the first time they children, - move the needle about as,
ilnd it awkward to hold each other's teen degrees. But Dr, 1'�uss stated that/
gaze for more than a few ,secondS, he lies Been ,it soar to slaty degrees
l• But who would believe that wirer under the senile of a wellknown aft,
you peer into Laze eyes of another per- res.'s.This ik quite uin4erstanttnolo,
sou a beam et electrical energy—a hu- but a similar result. happened wtaii a
man wireless ray --actually travels flyfng officer,' nq doubt an ace of -aces,
from your eye? A British doctor has focused has upon it,
proved this astonishing statement to It makes one -ionder how far tie
be .J fact. Dr. Russ has invented. an needle would- whiz round if a firs
t.
instrument watch is set in motion class pawnbroker' tried his •-optical
when anyone looks at it through a pair powers• on the instrument, Probably
of opera gla;rese twelve feet away! the indicator would touch 100 and ring
Measuring the Eye's Power. I the bell. And probably the wily pawn
,, "There is an electrical change with broker would ask for his penny bask!
every heart-beat of a normal person," No experiments have yet been tried
Dr. Russ stated recently. "And the I with those . amiab'le perso,ne who have
retina of the eye shows minute electri- deyeloned a -specially penetrating gaze
have other qualifications besides
and qusides tone cal a ".
'activity during vision.. This .con-' for use when their -husbands retire
Acting to FJaiseera•.�iudieraces. i •antli3 of voice. }Ie must learn l clusion rear_' been reached after a long home very late—from-the office, Per -
The broadcasting 1 of plays offers a dramatic values. e'newt he able to l series of experiments since 1917. The 1 haps they would break Dr. ,Ruse's• In-
wide scope for the expres=sion of dsa• convey the varying degrees of dna- i force is apparently, generated in the strument altogether.
In wireless acting the technique is portraying. 13y the caress in his voice through the eyes. vention is in ,connection with the ding
""` entirely """"' "'d beauty of his unseen apdience mustbe able to The peculiar instrument used to.nosis of disease, foe a person in very
face and form are unnecessary Oar imagine his arm round his lover; by demonstrate this force c'omvssts of a tI poor health has.. little or- no' effect, on
uratic talent, l inatic emotions of t re. character he is brain and eescap:es from the body' One of the possible 'uses of this in•
al, e
the stage an actor has the advantage his g Y sigh the must imagine the des- cylinder, about four inches long and the eye -ray -meter. Experiments aro
d of being carried out to .��eQ whether
•strips of mica and natal. This is sus- ; the force from the eyes can interfere
pended by a thread of unspun silk in- with wireless, broadcasting. So far,
of being able to convey " by _ iris gee- . pair tical clouds his features. of three inches cllau1st,e made o o n�,
tures, facial play, and deportment the , • ie
:nen We are made aware, of the Hero's
incises actor must remeunber drat vin Cue, not. as formerly,- by his blue s;ide 'a small ®cabinet leaving a window , no conclusive. reedits, have been obtain -
This is because he has not changed his the outside passages will collect dust,' w eyes and innocent expression, but. by
his audience cannot age lnim, ,aril that in front: The cylinder is free to turn, ea, but it is thought that the waves
method of driving as should be done.; which will prevent a free flour of art the quality of his, voice, All the eine-
they rely up his voice to convey every
. for. the supporting thread is over a emitted' by the eyes' of human beings
In hot weather to drive with a re-; and reduce the radiating; surface. The tothe listener
Larded spark is to invite the engine zn
t' of ,the' play • but the
same effect 'follows if the front radia-
te overheat itself. Because the engine, tor is too thickly smeared with paint.
may knock at little at low speed the, The pump, while it will wear out in �
driver may have a tendency to leave time, is one of the last places to look i;. _ CROSS -WORD �� J , +
the lever partly retarded all of the for trouble. The action of the pump
time instead of advancing it when a. may. be determined usually by remov-
higher: speed is reached.
of the play.- ;tions must be conveyed e r� ener foot long and goes up through a tall ' and animals aro of the came nai;are as
ovement
The aspiring wireless• actor must by careful vocal -expression.
ing the radiator filler cap when the
,TIMING OF THE sP. iuc engine is running and noting whether
With the battery type of ignition' or not the water is circulating. But
system some change in the timing of if a baffle plate is placed in the filler
the spark usually needs to be made to opening it cannot be seen. Then a test
give the desired result at all points may be made in the same manner by
throughout the range of engine which the cleaning solution is washed
speeds. Of course, when the engine is out.
turning over slowly under a heavy: With the thermo-syphon system
load -the spark must be kept retarded very little pressure is generated and a
to prevent knocking. However, when slight obstruction will stop the flow
it is running at the higher speeds or. of water. Therefore it is more me-
at medium speed under light loads the essary to "keep the system free from
spark must be advanced tq secure pro-' sediment and to see that the gaskets
per power, efficiency or operation and at the joints are Made with circular
to prevent overheating. j openings of full size in order not to
Most battery systems are equipped obstruct the flow of water. Likewise,
with a governor which automatically, water must be kept above the pipe
advances the spark as the engine speed leading to the top of the radiator in
is increased, but some are not and in order to have any circulation' in this.
either case :considerable manipulation i type of cooling system.
of the hand spark .lever may be nesse- l Sometimes the lining of the hose is
sary to secure the best results. loosen_ecl andfolds back inside, so that
Overheating may sometimes be the water does not flow freely; Trus
traced to sediment in the radiator, is due td carelessness in stretching the
which • cuts off the free radiation of hose over the pipes at the radiator and
heat. The use of a saturated solution i cylinder block. 'Also the lining'vf the
of • washing soda and water will nsu- g old hose will sometimes loosen` up and
ally remove this. During the hot I pieces will lodge where they cut off
weather each year, it is well to fill the the circulation.
Cooling system with a solution of this 1 In conclusion, keep the engine free
sort and run the engine for several from carbon and keep the valve push
hours. Then drain this solution off rods adjusted close and be sure the
exhaust from the muffin is free. Dis-
comforts and troubles during the
employed, the upper hose should be warm -weather months can be largely
disconnected from the radiator and the eliminated if khe motorist remembers
engine should be run to pump the how the engine is different in summer.
and' refill the system with clean water.
If, in the system used, a pump is
How Heat Travels.
one ten -thousandth part of an ineb in
diameter.
"`• A Lew months ago the man who sug But the iuvantion, though wonderful,
that it might be poslble to mea- has failed in its chief purpose, for the
sure the heat received teem a girl's heat from the stars is too slight 'for
cheer: three-quarters of a mile away; even this delicate instrument to re -
or from a candle I miles away, would •
probably. have been looked on with
some suspicion. But this serningly in-
credible thing has now been done by
means of an instrument invented by
Professor C. V. Boys, of Englaud.
This instrument was constructed to
measure the heat received from the.
brighter stars. It is made of a "sus-
pension fibre" some thousands of
trines finer than any made before, and
to obtain this 'fibre certain precious easeea'—
stones were melted down atal drawn ,
out into filaments at a high speed and
under a high temperature.
:-
sister
The metal substance ,was stretched
by being fixed to,atearrow, which Pro-
fessor Boys shot from a bow through a
hot flame down .a 'room about ninety
feet long. Most of the melted sub-
stance remained behind, but between
it and the arrow floated a fibre as 'deli-
cate as a spider's web, and less than
HORIZONTAL
1—Thrive
7 --Tropical fruit (p1.)
13—Wander.
14=""Kingly
,-16—Collected
17—Ardor
18=Happening
19—Girl's name ,
20—Hat material
21—Civil Engineer (abbr.)
22—Negative
23 -Burn
24—Large plants
26 -Storms
31• -'Somber
▪ 32—Hesitate
36—Rocks
38—impede
39—Toward
40 -To cut off
41—A human being
42 -Father (familiar) •
43—Artists' stands
46—Avaricious persons
49—Lees
60—Head covering
52—Blaspheme
53 --The whole range of anything _.
65 ---Sensitiveness of feeling
59—indefinite article
The Tree Climbing Fish. 60—Abby. for name of a continent
61—A minute particle
"Do you think it'e true about this '64—Scent
tropical fish climbing the palms?" -65—Several things considered as a
"Sere it is. I've often seen birds whole
find a good perch in the troee." 67 --Mohammedan chief
Variety oflnclustries.
Birmingham, England, is said to pro -
1 tri lar eat variety of manatee -
aired goods of any city in the world.
68—Nature
69—Small Spanish horse
70—An elderly man
71—Soaked In a liquid
72—Argued
-c THE INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATE.
VERTICAL.
1—Likes better
2—Part
3—Egg shaped
4—Dispatched
5—Build
6—Wanderers.
7—Prohibited
8=Fernale-singing voices
9—One spots
10—Cognomen
11—Girl's name
12—More precocious
15—You
25—Consume
27—Rose oil
28—Water fowl
29-Printefs `measure
30 -.Exchanges for. money .
32 -Overpowering fear -
33—Part of verb "to be",
34—The one above
35 -Burns
37—Wireless- can for aid
38—Cut of pork '
43—Newspaper writers
44—For example (abbr.)
45—An animal
47—Day of the week (abbr,)
48—Cut off -
50—Pr'eserv'ed
51--I lcked, as a football
53•• -Determine by measurement
54—Nice' perception
56—Entrance
57—Contend with
68 -Woody plant
61—Plateau .
62—Overlook
63 -Part of automobile
66—W ithIn
chimney fitted to the top of, the sari those eniployecl in wireless work, but
net. When anyone glances . at It this of an exceedingly short wave length.
RIS'i' Resources Intellig'enoe Service are be'
INTENSIFYING TOiU ing directed toward this end,
INFORMATIONAs anagency for selling interest in
- our natural resources Canada's tourist'
Canada Should Take Advant-
age
traffic plays au important part. The
age of Exceptiondly Favor- to business as well as pleasure. Many
of then make their trios to Canada a
Buri 'tens. tour of investigation, resulting often
in investments in this country. Can -
"Tourist traffic is one industry ripe ada's business' growth has created au
for development in Western Canada interest among American business
at the present time," is the statement men that is simply revolutionary as,
of one of the engineers of the Natural contrasted with their attitude toward
Resources Intelligende Service of the the Dominion only ten years•ago.
Departi Tient of the •Interior, on return-
ing from an investigation of the na --,tete.
tural resources ofsouthern Alberta
and British Columbia. This engineer- i�Iorld s Largest Electric Fan
states that our attractions to tourists Made for African Gold•, ine
I`in this area constitute -one natural re
source ready to,"c•ash in"` on humedi- The largest fan in the world is at
ately with little expenditure and 'ho present being erected on one of the
diminution of the original assets on Rand god mines. Thirty' feet itt
a-it is founded." diameter, it will. carry, eight blades,.
xtntla'has the natural attractions- each Leri feet across, writes a Johan-
to.meet any competition for the Ameri- neaburg correspondent of The Morn -
can automobile and other tourist trate ing`Post, !London. It will drive"9,000
tic: She has the big game and other cubic feet of air a minute, and it twill
sporting attractions, the waterways,. take a 15,000 horse -newer steam en -
scenery, summer climate, and so on. !?ire to turn it at 120 revoliltious a
The service provided by our railways minute. The fan is to be placed above
is the best and our highways are now a circular 'shaft 3,500 feet deep to
comparable with many of the main draw out the foul air from the entire
highways in the United States, and underground workings,
they are being rapidly extended and p
improved.
American tourist generally has an eye,
able Conditions for Tourist
Solution
We have the material to sell and we
have a ready market, creating a situa
ti i'. k bl•bili"e s It is
an o renter a e pose? r i
a situation • which has developed very
abruptly—mainly within the last few
years. Next door we have a nation,
' with nearly 110,000,000 people and
,over 15,000,000 automobiles, bordering
us clear across the continent. Most
of the motor cars are owned by people
with, the -means and inclination to tra-
vel. It .1e, doubtfui,whether any coun- .
try., ever faced such; •favorable condi-
tions as Canada enje s to -day with
regard to the tourist traffic -a' class
of business which has long been nurs-
of last week's puzzle.
ed as a- large source of income in such
countries as France, Italy and Switz-
erland. '
In the report df"• the United States
foreign trade for 1923 the expenditure
of tourists abroad is estimated at -
$500,000,000.
t$500,000,000. The -Increasing tourist
travel in Canada bids fair to absorb a
considerable portion of this annual ex-
penditure
What is .required more than any-
thing else to take full advantage of.
this situation and to create a still
more thriving and remunerative induce.
try is a spirit of co-onoration among,
the various organizations dealing with.
this trallic. The efforts of the Natural
The Origin of Chapels..
The word chapel comes from capa,
a chest. The word was originally ap-
plied to.the chest in which the relics
of a saint were .deposited, afterwards
to the apartment in a church. or eatbe-
dral in whloh the ;chest was kept.
These chapels were' dedicated separ-
ately, but were known bythe name of
the saint whose relics they contained.
Small Part.
Originally Wordsworth itnd Cole•
ridge plauned to write "Tire Ancient
1Vieeiner"• together, hitt 'tarordswoyth
contriliiaieti only six lines.
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