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MAY I 6, 1918. LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. German Hydrogen Patents. IN the Patents Court, on May gth, the Comptroller- General of Patents (Mr. Temple Franks) heard an application by Messrs. Samuel Cutler and Son, Ltd., engineers, for a licence to use six Garman patents for the manufacture of hydrogen gas. It was said that one of the patents, in an alternative form of manufacture, claimed the discovery that manganese iron ores could be used as reaction substances in the production of hydrogen. It was stated by the applicant that he was manufacturing to supply the Admiralty for balloons and airships, and the time was coming possibly when private persons would want to set up works at different points for the supply of hydrogen gas. . a-.-. The Comptroller intimated that he thought the patents should be granted and progress made with the work at once H H H H CORRESPONDENCE. Flying Boat Patents. [1959] With reference to the Letters Patent No. 1256878 granted to Mr. Glenn H. Curtiss by the United States Patent Office recently published, it may interest your readers to be acquainted with the fact that a hull so constituted was built and tested by way of an experiment on the Twin-Engined White and Thompson Flying Boat which was destined for the Circuit of Britain Race to be held at the end of 1914, but postponed by the outbreak of war. This machine was designed, before I joined the above firm as chief designer, and on trial she refused to attain sufficient speed on the water to lift or even plane, and although I tried various means of curing the trouble, it was not until planing extensions or fins were built into the hull that this was effectively done. The above experiments were carried out in September and the beginning of October, 1914, and as witness thereto I can do no better than state that Mr. E. C. Gordon England, now General Manager to Messrs. Sage, Ltd., Peterborough, was pilot during all the above trials, and was accompanied by me, besides various meinbers~of4iiessrs. White and Thompson, Ltd. I therefore assume that all designers of flying boats in this country who desire to use lateral planing fins on their hulls are quite at liberty to do so, as it was not until December nth, 1914, that Mr. Curtiss applied for his patent. F. PERCY HYDE BEADLE. Totterdfll's Hotel, Portsmouth, May 13th, 1918. SIDE-WINDS. ALDERMAN JOHN MARSTON, of Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, and of Coed Emrys, Colwyn Bay, chairman of the Sunbeam Motor Car Co., and head of J. Marston, Ltd., a member of the Town Council and twice mayor, who died on March 8th, aged 81, left a fortune of the value of £211,330, the net personalty amounting to ^203,086. In his will Mr. Mnaban.. expressed the hope that his sons and grandchildren i-wettS take up municipal life, " from which I have derived so arach pleasure and information since I had the honour tol beeonie n a member of the Wolverhampton Corporation." . '•:',;'..,:' ^ THE vacancy on the Board of Directors of the Sunbeam, Motor Car Co., Ltd., has been filled by the Directors electing Mr. Charles N. Wright, of the well-known firm of Fowler, Langley and Wright, to the office. Thus the Board becomes greatly strengthened on the legal side, a matter of no mean importance in these days when industry is compassed about • with legal restrictions at every stage and turn. -Mr. Wright has lived all his days in Wolverhampton, his father and both his grandfathers having been iron masters with works in . the town, but the whole of his own career has been concerned' with law. In 1888 he was articled to Mr. Henry Hartley Fowler (afterwards Sir Henry Fowler, M.P., and later Viscount Wolverhampton), and he was President of the Wolverhampton ' Law Society in 1912. ' ; - : THOSE who have to convert metric weights to English weights or vice versa will be grateful to the Hoffman Manu- facturing Co., Ltd., of Chelmsford, for their sheet of conversion tables. It is a companion to the sheet of linear conversion tables issued some years ago by the firm. In both cases the metric figures are printed in red and the English equivalents in black, thus making for clearness. Any reader who would like a copy of either or both should write to the firm at Chelmsford, mentioning " FLIGHT." WE understand from Mr. A. H. Botwright that he has resigned the Chairmanship and Directorship of the London Aviation Co., Ltd., of 29, Charlotte Street, Shoreditch, and has no longer any connection with that company. "AIRCRAFT SUPPLIES," the fortnightly House Journal' and Stock List of the Aircraft Supplies Co., Ltd., has under- gone some re-arrangement, principally with a view to making it more useful to clients of the firm. It is really extraordinary what a large numbar of A.G.S. parts are listed (in stock) and illustrated in the current number. In the issue for May 7th there is an article by Mr. G. H. Mansfield, the Ascol Managing Director on " What are Aeroplane Accessories." Those engaged in the aircraft industry are reminded that a written application on business or official stationery will procure, free of all cost, a copy of " Aircraft Supplies" regularly each fort- night, it bsing sent off on alternate Tuesdays. ;•;•:' "-•' -:-:-;-* : :"••*• ••••••• '' E . ' '' :'.\/ NEW COMPANY REGISTERED. CROMPTON HAUMAN ENGINEERING CO., LTD. —Capital .£2,000, in £1 shares. Acquiring business carried on by G. Crompton at 55, High Street, Lincoln, aeronautical, marine and general engineers, metal merchants, &c. First directors : G. Crompton and J. E. Hauman. E 13 H H ' ^ PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. Vertical Gas Engines. The Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd., Caxton House, Westminster, S.W.i. . • . Ditchling Beacon. By Alfred Bathurst Norman, R.F.C. London : Sidgwick and Jackson, Ltd., 3, Adam Street, Adelphi. Price is. 6d. net. Captain Ball, V.C. By Walter A. Briscoe and H. Russell Stannard. London : Herbert Jenkins, Ltd., 3, York Street, St. James's. Price 6s. net. H H H H . . Aeronautical Patents Published. Applied for In 1917.The numbers in brackets are those under which the Specifications are printed and abridged, &c. . . •_ Published May gth, 191*.5,566. A. J. FORTESCUE. Aerialmachinesof heavier-than-airtype. (106,092.) 8,974. A. R. MILLER. Level indicator for aeroplanes, &C. (114,724.)14,258. H. THOMPSON. Machine for shaping propeller blades. (114,771.) Published May 16th, 1918.1,111. J. W. AND W. J. WILLIAMS. Heavier-than-air flying machine. (114,858.)3,978. L. T. DELANEY. Radiator for aeroplanes, &C. (114,869.) 5,443. E.H.MOORE. Alighting gear for aeroplanes. (114,891.)6>593- J. R. PORTER. Aeronautical machines. (114,919.) 7,698. J. VEDRINES AND L. L. ASTOUX. Landing wheels of aeroplanes.(107,009.) H H H H NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. IN order that "FLIGHT" may continue to be pub- lished at the usual time, it is now necessary to close for Press earlier. All Advertisement Copy and Blocks must be delivered at the Offices of " FLIGHT," 36, Great Queen Street, Kingsway, W.C. 2, net later than 12 o'clock on Saturday in each week for the following week's issue. I If you require anything pertaining to aviation, study I "FLIGHT'S" Buyers' Guide and Trade Directory,; which appears in our advertisement pages eacb week (see pages lii, liii, and liv). .^.^v :.-.'• FLIGHT .,_.'_,.,. and The Aircraft Engineer. •'• * . 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C. 2. Telegraphic address: Truditur, Westcent, London. Telephone: Gerrard 1828. .'... :.'...,. • , , ;.,.,. ' FLIGHT SUBSCRIPTION RATES. will be forwarded, post free, at the following rates :— 36 12 UNITED KINGDOM Months, Post Free.. »» >» s. 7 14 28 d. 1 1 2 3 6 12 ABROAD. Months, Post Free.. »> #» • • 5. 8 16 33' td. 3 6 0 Cheques and Post Office Orders should be made payable la the Proprietors of " FLIGHT," 36, Great Queen Street, King&way, W.C. 2, and crossed London County and Westminster Bank,' otherwise no responsibility will be accepted. '; - 550
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