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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1925-10-29, Page 2gege R+T-mM Automobile C4.E REQUIRED TOFFE1? GAS TO AUTO PROPERLT. The one substance which the auto- mobile requires more of than any other is gaselire. It is time motor vehicle's main ration, For no other single ma- ma does the motorist stop his machine at a servicing shop so often as for gasoline. Consequently it is not a bad ideafor the car owner to know some- thing about his machine's principal diet, It will riot cheer him to learn that gase ins 'engines are only about 20 per cent, efficient in direct propelling of the ca.r. He has heard efficiency experts declare that human beings are only about one-fifth as useful as they might be, Don't conclude that 80 per cent. of the gasoline is wasted. It is Merely i cesiary to use the 80 per cent. in other ways to get the 20 per cent. applied directly on the business of moving the car forward. Engineers through exhaustive ex- periments have made it also possible for a gasoline engine to be better than 20 per cent. efficient. Howe`'er, this has been accomplished somewhat at e sacrifice of ease and comfort. But most owners do not want greater mileage per gallon of gas at a big sacrifice of comfort. And there you are, DIFFERENT PLANS OF FUEL. parts so ,that to >'ebntra} the, igr; tion would be impossible. The water .packet ie to cool these metal parts so that a film of oil can be maintained. But in doing this con- sider'able beat generated by the gas- oline is earried off and cannot be used in moving' the car. The exhaust accoi'izzts for another 35 per cent. It would be impractic- able to design an engine that would expand the gas down to no pressure. Such an engine would need to be bulky as compared with the present types. The exhaust valve is set to open when there is still considerablep res - sure in the. cylinders. This pressure means, of 'course, that there is still heat in the cylinders, that the gas is still burning. The gas engine is a heat engine; that it, it derives its power from heat. Therefore, when the cylinder exhaust .valve is opened while there is stil heat in the engine, ebout 35 per cent. of the total amount bf 'heat generated by burning the gaso- line is lost, Another reason why this lass is necessary is because time must be given to clean the cylindess of burning gas on one stroke so it can take in a charge of fresh gas on the next, FRICTION COST'S 10 PER CENT. Friction mostly accounts for the other 10 per cent. of loss. In order to For example, one may adjust the use the heat deve'loped, it is necessary carburetor so that a very lean bixture to have some sort of mechanical de-. of gas is used. Result, a high mileage asses that this in, over other,: such per gallon of gas but slow accelera- be the pistons in the rcnk8shs and tion, poor hill climbing, difficult regu- p see. bearings that held the crank shaft in lar running of the engine when at .a co ee. rWe alsooec these friction.aidnparts low temperature and exceptional skill come ptower conies bened to. Little also must expended to bperate the cooling fan, the valves, lubricating pump, ignition device, generator for charging the batteries required for driving. Or a designer may increase the com- pression. But when there is a steep hill to ascend, a big load to haul or and; in most cases, water circulating a slight accumulation of carbon the pump, engine will probably knock. Motor Those wishing to get the hsighest fuels are now being developed that possible gasoline power, should exer- wi21 operate under higher compression vise great care in. keeping the carbur- without causing knocking, and there- etor properly adjusted, in operating' fore increase in efficiency. This may the spark scientifically and in watch be the rule in the near future. ing the radiator. Some cars have a About 35 per cent. of this 80 per thermostat control of the radiator cent. loss can be accounted for by the shutters, which open or close them as water jacket. This loss is necessary the engine gets hot or cold. These in order to keep the various parts cool help to keep the engine operating at enough to operate. The temperature the best temperature. of the burning mixture being about The quality and quantity of oil 3,000 degrees, when brought in contact 1 should be watched carefully. There is with the metal parts of the engine na- a little friction in the oil itself. Use turaliy would burn the lubricating oil! an oil as light as possible so that rom their surfaces, so that the piston there will me a minimum of friction would not slide up and down in the i and yet heavy enough to insure keep - cylinders. It would heat the metal l ing the metal parts separated. The Most Appropriate Not Available. "'With these very 'short skirts I want to wear the most appropriate shoes," "Yes; but a woman can't wear hip boots." Answer to Iast week's puzzle: Q1.113AQ©©' "` n 0 1 O fl R 0 Elim, lair til Unit mama 81111151A191 A SI 0 R Q D 0 13.Lp, ]y I111E1 H®Gt� dp �;'�: A • s fl d P©®R x :OGI ®O ®R V R MU I1 MCI SWAN 01 P]Gf 0 0 A A 0 . Lavish Nature, "Here lye have a natural laundry," explained the guide. "On one side al hot spring boiling the clothes, oh the left a cold spring for rinsing these." "And this rook between?" '.Soapstone, Simple Things. Sometimes such sample things can make me weep, Such tiny things. Across the hill the distant bleat of sheep, Or buttering wings. The voice of the wind in the dead of the night, The moaning sea, • The star that shall herald with silver light The day to be. Birds that, in the first grey tint of dawn, Peep from their nest. A babe that nestles close against Its mother's breast. Brown leaves that tumble down, a .mournful heap, Froin wind -tossed trees. It seems so strange—they make me yearn to weep, Such things as these. —Heather Gwynne. .1 Mixing Up Dates. In the city of Constantinople, Tur- key, are found four differing calen- dars. The people stick to their own particular religious calendar, conse- quently Sunday for one is Wednesday for another, and Tuesday for some is Friday for others. Not only that, but the various reli- gions have time and again attempted to have different hours for their clocks. This scheme has failed to work to any extent, but to practically everybody in. the city it Is 12 o'clock at sunset, this in spite of the fact that the governmenal clocks say 12 o'clock a .midday. What You Breathe. The average person inhales about 2600 gallons of air daily. MUTT AND JEFF—By Bud Fisher. Mary Patricia Wilson, two years and eight months old, of Melbourne, Australia, crowned for the year as the prettiest baby in the British Empire. Over 60,000 entries were made in the contest, held under the auspices of the national baby week council. Ready for Winter. I have dropped the leaves from each, twig and bough, I am ready, all ready, for winter now. Stripped of their fluttering; flags ; and sails, My trees have no fear of the winter gales. Their sap is safe 'neatii the frozen ground, - Till the clear, high summons of Spring, shall sound. Each bud is wrapped warmly, secure and tight, And each has a waterproo3'new and bright. My bulbs are well covered, my seeds are sown, And away to the south•hare my song, - birds flown.. . The year's been so busy eibikappy and blest, Aud now I am weary and long for rest. Wrapped in my leafy blanket light, I wait for the snow's warm coverlet white. I will not care for the winter's blast And whirling snow -wreaths driving fast; Theycwili but cover me still moredeep, And only lull me to sweeter sleep. Drowsed with content I will stretch my form And dream of the fifes of the far-flung storm." Then Mother Earth sank into slumber deep, Sniffing, "Good-bye, labor,_ and wel- come sleep!" —May Howe Dakin, His Own Words, Mr. Pester—"I'm going upstairs to. kill that trombone player " His-Wile—"You let hint alone, Only last night I heard you say you liked a man who could blow his own horn.". In the Book of Exodus candlesticks are first mentioned. Growing a Good Roads System. - rc - Itis not so long since a good gravel road was the, acme 'of perfection" ,in road building and those using the roads were delighted with highways of this description. Property that was offered for sale had a special appeal if it could be 'advertised as being sit- uated on a gravel road. A Canadian farmer is stili well satislled with gra- vel roads and even the fact that he cannot travel exclusively on this class of roadway does not deter him from getting to any point he wishes. An occasional detour is accepted as in- evitable and is made the best of. The city man, however, having he. come accuatomned to paved streets, ex- pects xpects to have these provided wherever he bas the will to go. He may cern- plaid of his frontage tax on his 33 ar 50 feet et pavement, bait he cannot see why in front of the thousand ormore'. feet of frontage of the individual farm the roadways' are not all paved. True-, he would like to whizz by .on: smooth highways just to get to some destina- tion, forgetful entirely of the intem- mediate scenery of of the fact ,that the roadway was not built for hits exclu- sive use. There is far too much un- justifiable complaining about our roads, Wonders have been performed upon them in the past few years.' and the transformation to motor roads is going on as rapidly as reasonably pas- sible. It cannot all he done at once, and detours will be necessary yet for a while. In many cases the' detour is the only,.,,place where the motorist slows up sufficiently to see the coun- try -through which he is travelling, and in' doing this it is conferring an unexpected favor upon the driver. Canada's roads are good and it will be only a short time until detours are a thing of the past. In the meantime patience should be exercised. We dad not reach manhood in a day; wehied to grow up, and co does our good roads system, Canada possesses an abund- ance .of good road material among her natural resources, says the Natural Re- sources Intelligence Service of the De - pertinent of the Interior, and is thus fortunately situated in her endeavors to cater to the ever growing body of motorists and other improved roads enthusiasts,, Monument to Fulton. A monument to Robert Fulton, American inventor cf the steamboat, is to be erected in a snail French town where he conducted tests with a miniature steamboat in 13Q2. A Horsepower. A horsepower is equivalent to rats - Ing 33,000 pounds one foot a, minute. . One of Our Conquerors, The .-part played in the buildiniil Of our Indian Euipir'e b'y a pistol which failed to go orf is reealled by the Clive bi•Geutenary. Rebert Clive was'br�rir•on •S"e)Sternbe1 29Rtb! 1725, apd ieftM n(gland, for krldia before be was twenty', hi. his early daysin the East be attempted to coma mit ;suicide, but his 'pistol` refused to go off. Later he obtainedmilitary ems, pioyment and commanded the British garrison during the siege of Arcot, which has bean described'as.the "turn- jug point" of our career in the East. His subsequent career was one of the most brilliant and eventful in Bri- tish history. While stin a compara- tively young man hg laid the founda- tions of our Indian Empire. His real work in India occupied, all told, a period of rather less than twelve years and he was only -forty-nine when. he died -by has own hand. Weight of Water. A gallon of water weighs eight end - a half pounds, Vitamin 1n Whaleo. Whale oil si (rich in fat-solublevita mins. _ * -- An absenteninded-man supped with a friend ons night. The next day he wrote to his friend as follows: "t left my knife at your lodgings yesterday; ,please send it back to nie if you find it. P.S.—Never mind *sending the knife, as I have found it," aguenay River lnOustr al D #r1Ct, The - Saguenay. River district of Quebec has been, within the past year or two, the ,scene of a number of, vary "important • industrial developne?its,' At the Grande Recharge, the Duke. Price interests have recently completed a 8"60,000 horsepower hydro -electric plant,' while at St. Joseph d'Aima,' Price Brotheis are erecting a news- print mill with a daily capacity of 200 tons, At Port •Alfred the Port Alfred Pulp and -Paper Co. are erect- ing -a pulp mill of 100 tons daily out - taut. At Caron Falls, the Aluminum, Co. of Canada is constructing a hyro' electric plant with a capacity of 800,- 000 horsepower, to be followed by an aluminum plant which, it is said, will employ from ,5,000 'to 6,000 bands, Fifteen hundred men are now employ- ed on the clearing work. • In -the im- mediately adjoining territory, the :Chi- coutimi Pulp Co. has a mill at Chi- coutimi, while Price . Brothers have pulp and paper mils at Kenogami and Jornquiere. Chains for Winter Days, Motorists who drive continually un- der all conditions should use only chains which are scientifically harden- ed and properly."tested'fin service on both snow-covered or wet, slippery pavements. Asparagus is one of the oldest known plants used for food. 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