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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1925-08-20, Page 2'The -:AutOmbbile GRIND±NG GIVES' i Ei', ' TO OLD CYLINDERS. Automobile o'vners o>ten wonder imbricating quality s•einewhe.t impair - Why their mu e. ees an is - .nl b r ar s `vend, on the Suction stroke, an after they 1,a.": t ; t :.I two or e.'4eessivs quantity of oil may be "three years. Geed cure ilea been given. drawn past the piston into the cam - them, but soniethieg decet'e work just bu'stion chamber, where it barbs, light. Iu reeey se c:: .s the Bey:in- causing smoke and forming dere x.eed to be reground. which causes knocking of the engine. When the automobile engine is built This carbon gets under the yadves and the inside of the cylinder s turned to causes loss of compression and short - a ver'fect circle. The piston which circuits the spark plugs, which in turn sides up and down in the cylinder is causes the engine to miss fire. also turned in a perfect circle. The There has been much thought put piston cannot be fitted to corm an air- upon methods of overcoming these tight jjoia;t becauze the tentpe:•ature of troubles and some temporary relief the engine varies :n a.ceardance with may be obtained through the employ- ntent of some of the devices developed. the outside at and the ins But permanent recovery can be ob- aunt of heat, gener generated ted in the engine iteeta". That is to say the temperature tained through restoring the cylinder to its original form of a perfect circle of the engine varies as the weather and fitting new pistons and rings to it.. changes t,nd also as more or less heat The most satisfactory: way of re- storing generated in the engine to meet the storing the cylinder is to regrind it. demand for greater or lesser paver. This is done by the use of emery or Both the piston and the cylinder carThis is wheels on a emery eeds- expand and contract with the varix- signed especially for this work. This tions in tearoe:ature, but not to the is a rather delicate operation and re- eame degree. Therefore a piston that quires the service of a high grade me - fitted the cylinder perfectly at a cer- ehanic skilled in this line of work. tain temperature would expand When the proper grade of work is enough to stleit fast in the cylinder at done the results are even superior to a er temperature. Perhaps at still those attained in the new car at the - .xsr degree it would fit the cylin- factory. e. ) loosely as to permit the gas to WHEN RECRINDI\G IS NECESSARY.. lo- . '. by melting compression of the impossible. If the design of the engine is good. g` an po- and lubrication has been effective, •� •> secure a. gas-tight contact with re - the cylinder wall the piston is provie grinding becomes necessary probably ed with several flexible rings which around 35,000 miles of use. Because of expand outward and form a perfect the fact that many users of pleasure contact with the cylinder wall. They ears find their machine of obsolete. hare sufficient elasticity to keep this type during the months or years that pass while 35,000 miles is being ac- cumulated, regrinding has not been as universally done with this type of car as has been the case with the automobile truck where efficienpy* and economy rather than style are the im- portant considerations. As the manufacturers of passenger ears continue to develop the one model Idea. rather than bringing out yearly models the styles will not change so rapidly, Then greater economy can be obtained by the ownee by restoring his engine to good m•echanioal oondi- tion instead of purchasing a new car. Many of the cars that are now traded in for new models are repur- chased at a low figure and the new owner does not consider them of suffi- cient value to spend much money on putting them in first class mechanical condditiou. Howeyer, although the model may not be of the latest much trouble could be avoided and greater satisfaction obtained in the use of a car of this type by attacking the source of practically all of the petty annoyances, namely, the worn cy"iin- contact as the cylinder expands and contracts due to the changes in tem- perature. When the engine is being operated the piston slides back and forth in the cylinder and because of the construction of the engine the piston is forced with considerab'_e. pressure against the side of the cyl- inder. RESL•'T_T O3' THRUST ON PISTON. The pressure of the expanding gas which produces the power for operat- ing the engine tends to force the pis- ton straight out of the. cylinder. But the resistanoe of the orankshaft which is connected to the piston by means of ifre connecting rod causes the piston ?ro be forced with considerable pres- sure against the side of the cyi'heder because, during the power stroke, the. crank pin is traveling through an are at one side of the centre of the piston instead of directly under it. As a result of this side thrust on the piston there is a tendency to wear away one side of the cylinder wall•. The rapidity with which wear takes dace is affected by a number of face der. This means regrinding. tors, perhaps the most important be -1 The whole matter of regrinding is ing the perfection of the lubrication something that every owner of an of the parts. !automobile should make somewhat of s takes laces the cylinde a study for_ theca is. a, time in the. life o- is time eircplaces .e and be- of practically a2: motor vehicles when regrinding can be done to advantage. • oval, As the piston rings are reg g • coin not sufficiently flexible to fill in that This is especially true if a person is wore. space, leaking is the natural re- a careful driver and uses his machine suit. This leaking causes several ills. { well and wishes to get the maximum Fir-::, the gas which is being com- number of years service out of it. ',reseed passes by the piston, thus re- There are places where a specialty is ducir_g the power generated by the made of regrinding cylinders and engine, and as the gas condenses in where expert advice can be secured the crank case the oil is diluted and its concerning this problem. A La Silhouette. The oldest silhouettes that have datef Corinth ' u was to . Theh was "Certainly,you idiot" came the re- I know that of wild waters you were CROSS - ORD PUZZLE. ©THE INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATE. SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLVING CROSS -WORD PUZZLES Start out by filling in the words of which you feel reasonably sure. These will give you a • clue to other words crossing them, and they in turn to still others. A letter belongs in each white apace, words starting at the numbered squares and running either horizontally or vertically or both. HORIZONTAL 1—A rock that splits Into slabs 6 ---Shaped 9—Particular account 10—Stringed Instrument 11—Future men 13—Small face or surface 16 -Strong flavor 18—Viscous substance from pine. 19—Excrescence 21—Put an end to 23—Source of mineral 24 ---Filled with bullet wounds - 26 --To administer nauseous sub- stance 27—Existed 29 -Nothing but 30—P ronou n 32—Files 34—One who forfeits 36•--SpIi! 39 --Ditch 40—•Stoutness 41—Agonies 42—Fright I.H.S. Clear, poet soul of Galilee, What truth could dim Thy radiancy? Why must we hedge and screen and bind To separate Thee from Mankind Thou, whom sad sinners- ,rade own, . Ham •.xiatxlcl-•thag- reAch_Thee throne? On Calvary Thy tortured brow:. No thalo wore, nor needs one now. O simple -hearted, weary -eyed; We love Thee more undeifiedi VERTICAL 1—@risk 2—Clinging vine ' 3 --Medieval slave 4—To discuss re --Thread-like substance 6 -Source 7—Indefinite quantity 2 --Rahway station 10—Granted for temporary use 12—To examine closely 14—Confections 16 --Apart 17—The oommon furze 19—More broad 20—Restore • 22—Pastry 23 ---Immune 26—Spheres 28 Defeat. 29—Deserve 30—Desires 31—To send payment 33—Unmitigated 34 -Part of the ear 35 --Mechanical repetition 37—Game of cards 39—A clty of Scotland SECRETS OF THE HUMAN SKIN Meat pecsou-si bathe from habit or for , the comfort or plees'ure they get.from{ it, and comparatively 'flew know the i relationship that exists between bath -1 ing and pereenal health, said Dr, Mat- thias Nicoll in a recent address. The skin,. in relation to being a. pro' tective covering, is the great -heat-re- - gulating organ of the body. When in health the temperature of the human body remains, practically the saute in heat or cold, in summer or in winter, whether a person wears no clothes or sews himself into many garments. The skin through its pores and the many little veaseis and nerves with which It is supplied automatically takes care of the body temperature. A Network of Nerves. A person runs, or is out in the hot sun. Heat of the body follows, The network of little nerves reports the fact to the skin. Its mash of capillary blood vessels dilates. water oozes out; evaporation of the water cools the blood at the surface, and it returns to the interior to stabilize the general body temperature. At another time the same person: site still in a cold room. His body radi- ates some of its heat into the surround- ; Route of Lord Byng ing atmosphere, and were it not for the The governor-general's trip. north heate:egulating power of the skin his ward from. Peace River Grossing cub temperature would • drag. But the urinated with lits arrival at Aklavik ie nerves report the fact to the skin, and the delta of the Mackenzie river neat the small blood -vessels there begin to Beaufort Sea, a subdivision of the Ane' contract so that Jess blood is at the tic Ocean. In all, Lord Byng will have surface to be cooled. The nerves also traveled about 2,000 miles over west - report to the muscles, and they begin ern Canada's great inland waterways. to tremble and shiver. This causes The above map spews his route; along the production of more heat. : •the Peace, Slave and Mackenzie rivers. If the pores of the skin are complete-, ; ly stopped up (as they were in a his- Natural Resources Bulletin. torica'l case of a child whose body was covered with gilt paint), the person The Natural Resources Intelligence will die within a short time, duo to in - Service of the Dept. of the Interior,_ terference with the heat -regulation at Ottawa says:— mechanism. Perspiration goes on con One wonders as he travels along tinually, generally insensibly. One the railway, what beconies of all the notes it particularly if he wears a rub - old railway ties that the section gangs ber coat, or when heavy shoes or gal - are constantly taking out end replac- arhes are worn,'for he finds his cloth- , with new ones. Occasionally a ing or his stockings wet or damp. i fire is seen, when these old ties are Keeping Clean and Fit. i being burned, but the greater portion So we bathe (1) to remove the re- , of them are used by the railway men sldue of this insensible perspiration; for firewood. It is the enormous quan- (2) to keep the pores open; and (3) tity of these ties, however, that are to produce •a definite environment tem- required to keep the railway lines in perature for our comfort—a hot bath' proper condition, because, with the to add warmth to the body or a cold heavy trains and the high speed with bath to lessen the boddly heat, A: which they travel, it is essential that warm or hot bath will often soothe a the roadbed be kept up to maximum From the Sea Bottom. person weary with effort. A cold bath: efficiency. Game surprising things come out of or cold sponge often brings sleep to a' The provision of the necessary sup - the sea, for it is rich not only in fishes, feverish, nervous person. t ply of ties is one of the problems with but in walks of art. j The smaller the body the greater re- which the railways have to deal, and Remarkable treasures have been la.tively is its radiating surface. So we it is a. very serious one. Rigid apeci- dredged from the bed of the Bay of protect the tiny infant from. contact fications are provided, and a careful Naples and only a few months ago a with a too low temperature or from inspection_ is necessary. When the diver sighted a drowned city off the draughts, which very readily evaporate millions of ties used annually is con - their North: African •coast. Now some poor the insensible perspiration; father- sidered, and that each tie has its pro - Greek fishermen at Marathon have - more,' we do not bathe pini at"a tern- portion of the load to carry, the nee - Et raised a beautiful bronze statue which peratuee Touch below that of: his body. essity for this inspection ;is apparent otx a was lying twenty fathoms under the!. • Delicate persons who make little ,ex-, It; 1928,' the last :year for 'which sea. I ertion often find cold .bathe :upsetting , figures are available, there were 14, - Experts say it is a .charming figure ...unless that' get a good, muscular reac-'''64,830 railway ties.cut in Canada. of a boy, and belongs to the best period tion- by vigorous. shivering or extra I These, converted into their equivalent of Greek art 2,300.years ago. It re -1 clothing immediately. The health o:.' standing timber, ,represent 177,171; sembles the work of the school of the athlete, however, takes his cold show -1960 cubic feet, with a value of $18,- great Prasiteles, and is pra•eticaliy per- er, hastens; the.needed cooling of his 228,547. it is a relic of a ship- -Mildred W. Stillman. feet. Probably wreck, or was flung overboard in a t Conscientious. The plumber worked and the helper ,: ore. Sea -Gull stood looking, on. This was his first Bird of no other life than skies and day. 1 been preserved from In "Say, he inquired, "do you charge for sea, 700, but known to be of much ear -my time?" As I now watch you soaring overhead, lien origin. name, however, bred, not applied to them until 1759, when ply. And yet I too, am kindred of all these; ' one Etienne de Silhouette was French "But I haven't done anything." Aline -•ter of finance 'War had just The plumber, to fill in the hour, had I mark your winos that are so lightly spread Upward and onward in a fluent ease— Are you the sport of winds that fret and tease, And are you by thele veering impulse led? A Heavy Cold. Smith (on the scales)—` Can't tell why I should weigh more to -day than yeseerday." Jones—"Haven't you just caught that heavy cold?" A Hope. It is to be hoped that all those who throw rubbish by the wayside continue their vandalism by carrying home great hunches of poison -ivy. left France in a state of great financial been looking long at the finished joy exhaustion and Silhouette insisted that with a lighted candle, • Handing the the people remedy some of the finan- two inches of it that were still unburn- tial evils of war by rigid economy. ed to the helper, he said witheringly; During this period all Parisian fas- "Here. if you've got to be so dared ` Miens took the fornt of parsimony. conscientious, blow that out!" Lace and ribbons were under the ban; ? and coats without folds became the Did He Need a Sea Voyage?. rage. In place of begemmed golden A doctor was examining a man who snuff boxes high and low used boxes had come to him for the first time. made from the plainest of woods. In- Satisfied at last, the doctor looked at stead of having great artists paint ,him gravely. their portraits they portrayed the fea-' "You are in bad shape Kew Gardens, London's famous hor- " he said tures by drawing only the outlines in' - India ink. In that day all fashions , were spoken of as "a la Silhouette," but the picture is the only thing that' bre since retained the name. More Grapefruit Wanted. "What you need is a sea voyage. Can you manage it?" "Oh, yes," replied second mate on the in from Hong-kong. Or eise•upon unswerving purpose bent, Beating the winds back even as you fly, -Like one on some aerial mission sent First east and- west, then north and south on high, Unheeding voices blown about the sky, Losing uncertainty in divine content? —Sally Bruee isinsolving, the patient. "rte Te Detect Fraud in Oxide. Anna Marie, just artificial oxide on limitation an- tiques is now detected by means of an electro -chemical prceesa developed at the Columbia University school of Flea and its, 'Feet; Brit!.xh demand for Americnn grape A young flea can ge wit ticultural park, covers 280 acres. fruit is on the increase. a week or two. hou body, and thus strives to be clean and fit. There is no general rule for bathing. Railway ties vary in length from 8 to 9 feet, with a thickness of from 6 to 7 inches and a width on top of Society, however, demands• that its from 7 to 10 inches, while they vary sense of smell shall not be offended by in grade according to the purpose for the dried residue of perspiration, other which they are to be used. Some of wise the person dripping with perspire- the ties are sewed or hewed on top, tion might in rely rub himself dry. bottom and sides, while others are sawed or hewed on top and bottom to only. During recent years the Canadian railways have undertaken preserva- tive treatment of their ties, creosote being largely used. There are a num- ber of plants situated throughout Canada for this purpose, many mil- lions being thus treated annually. It is claimed that the life of the ties is doubled by this preservative treat- ment. This is a big factor in the cost of upkeep of the railway lines, as the prices now being paid for ties are a heavy charge against operation. The lengthening of the life of the ties, furthermore, reduces the cost of changing them in the roadbed, and will also reduce the supply of old' ties Answer • Nast week's pusz:e <P U NEM 03 Arun'' p ©0IS '`' %w R K a-tp P pi 1 ©A1,-7- R pi giuE, 0 el�:C� B E L t4 G �Ip1: s la S ,fr Y 6,13E e ;kSA® iscartiMin 1Qty ©?` RA 2mil I L � I N A C H kiNiffiliW NANC Q a AN x ' ei ;-. • Er �U 5 O D E E p c Dp� A t�l�" [:! 1 NUR M I E G E Y �iABEAM -A21R I' available for firewood. 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