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OCTOBER 16, 1919 SIDE-WINDS MESSRS. GILBERT CAMPLING, LTD., of 1, Albemarle Street, W 1, announce that the selling price of the A.B.C. Skoota- mota has been advanced to 49 guineas. IT is announced that the businesses of Brown Brothers, Ltd., London, and James Thomson and Son (Motor Factors). Ltd., Edinburgh, have amalgamated. "Mr. J. Albert Thomson, chairman and managing director of the Edinburgh company, becomes one of the managing directors of Brown Brothers, Ltd., while several of the London company's directors will join the Edinburgh board. ONE of the most important items in the engineers' spares box is a plentiful supply of gaskets for all joints. More over, the gaskets must be made of a reliable material tested to resist high power and withstand the action of steam, acid, oil and alkalis. A dependable joint is a great boon to en gineers and those to whom this important supply counts so much, and the news that Powerite jointing is now available, will be of great interest. The proprietors of Powerite are a body of engineers whose accumulative engineering ex perience totals well over a hundred years. This strong combination has produced Powerite, a black sheet jointing stated to be of super-tensile strength. The company claim that Powerite shuts out all the old element of failures (that Powerite never burns out and never blows out) and embodies every possible improvement. Already some of the largest engineering firms in England have adopted Powerite. Firms who are experiencing difficulty in obtaining jointing that does not need constant renewing, should drop a line (mentioning FLIGHT) to the Powerite Steam Jointing Co., Ltd., 16 and 17, Devonshire Square, London, E.C., who will send a liberal sample. The proprietors have installed a large factory at Oakamoor, North Staffs, and are equipped to meet large demands at once. They will also be pleased to quote for particular kinds of washers, gaskets, for joints or bedding, on receipt of blue prints. ON Friday, October 10, Messrs. J. Samuel White and Co., East Cowes, Isle of Wight, delivered to the Navy, a new and powerful destroyer of the " W " class. She was built in the oldest shipyard on the Admiralty list, and is named the Witherington, a name not hitherto applied to any war vessel, but which recalls the ballad of Chevy Chase— " Witherington needs must I wayle As one in doleful dumps ; For when his legs were smitten off He fought upon his stumps." H.M.S. Witherington was laid down on July 29, 1918, and launched on January 16, 1919. She is of 1,450 tons displacement and 28,000 h.p., and has attained a speed of 35 knots. The Witherington has been constructed, engined and fully equipped by Messrs. White, and her armament consists of superimposed guns fore and aft, anti-aircraft high-angle guns and triple sets of torpedo-tubes amidships. EVER extending business has caused the Lazilite Co. to seek larger premises, and they have been fortunate in securing possession of suitable accommodation next door to their present headquarters at 5, Baldwin's Gardens, Gray's Inn Road, E.C. They have installed new and up-to-date plant, which is now fully engaged on turning out the " Lazilite " devices which have proved so efficient and convenient in offices and factories. To those who are not yet acquainted with the advantages of the Lazilite fittings, the company will be pleased to send full particulars. M. ALFRED LEBLANC has been elected President of the Chambre Syndicale des Industries Aeronautiques for the coming year, while the Vice-Presidents are MM. Louis Breguet, Henry Kapferer, Fernand Liore. Luquet de St. Germain. DURING the War the list of records achieved by the aidof Claudel-Hobson carburettors could not be added to toan> considerable extent, although up to the tune ol *e ^»tice we helieve the list included all records for height, speed, Utt mg andXatforf Smce then the Claudel-Hobsoscarburettor ha's played a worthy part in a number of outstanding per formances, including the Transatlantic flight ot: Sir John Alcock on the Rolls-Victors-V.my, the double journey ot the Snnbeam-engined R 34- the London-Madrid flight o^ the Alliance-Napier machine, the Aerial Derby (in ^h madhmee fitted with Claudel-Hobsons finished first, secondI andI tlurd). Also the regular running of the Airco "^"".JJSS London and Pans during the past seven weeks is^"™£> an excellent testimonial to the efficiency of these famous carburettors. AN ingenious device for measuring the external o^ylinder diameter of piston rings has just been placed on the^arket bv the British Piston Ring Co., Ltd., makers of Bnccpiston rings, HolbrookLane, Coventry, ine Brico Piston Ring Meter as the makers call it, is a band of flexible steel graduated in millimetres from So to iso. One end of the tape is broad and has a slot through which the graduated part slips. An indi cating point at the side of slot makes the reading point. To use the tape one end is screwed to tne table bench or other convenient point, a screw and washer being provided for this purpose. Ihe piston ring to be measured is simply inserted in the loop of the tape, taking care to have the gap of the ring in a position where it can be seen. The tape is then pulled tight by means of finger ring until the gap of piston is closed, the diameter being seen at the slot indicated in illustration. The whole operation The Brico Piston | takes but a few seconds, and gives Ring Meter 1, accurate results. The piston ring meter is sold complete in box at 7s. 6d. and a liberal discount is given to the trade At present samples are sent to the trade at 5s. 6d. each, post tree Anyone who measures piston rings will find this a most useful tool. THE two-seater D.H.4 with Rolls-Royce engine which Messrs. S. Instone and Co., shipowners, of Billiter btreet, E.C., and Cardiff, have added to their equipment com menced its regular work on Monday, when it flew from carom to London in 56 minutes, bringing a parcel of lettere,_etc. About an hour'later, Lieut, Barnard, the pilot, left ™r raw with letters and parcels, and landed safely 1 hour 55 minutes later at Le Bourget, near Paris. The aeroplane flew Messrs, Instone's house flag. ONE exhibit which never fails to attract will be missing from the forthcoming Motor Car Show at Olympia LacK of floor space precludes Palmer Tyre, Ltd., from showing the wonderful cord-laying machine at work building-up tne fabric which plays such an important part in the longevity and efficiency of these famous tyres. The company will, however, have on view a full range of their covers, tubes and other tyre specialities, and visitors will, therefore, find mucn to interest, even if they are deprived of the fascination ot seeing the wheels go round. H H B.A.T. Trips Abroad ON Tuesday, October 7, the British Aerial Transport Co. despatched a saloon passenger machine, piloted by Mr. Cyril Turner, to Amsterdam. This machine carried a quantity of merchandise, and returned from Holland on Friday after noon, 10th instant, with the full complement of passengers. On Friday morning, 10th instant, Maj. C. Draper, D.S.C., left Hounslow piloting a saloon passenger machine of the m H British Aerial Transport Co. for Paris, completing the journey in 2 hours 20 minutes. This machine was specially chartered, the passengers being Sir Percival Perry, Col. Warwick Wright. D.S.O., Maj. Lennard and Mr. Van den Bergh. On Tuesday morning, October 14, the British Aerial Transport Co., Ltd., despatched a passenger saloon machine to Amsterdam from Hounslow, piloted by Mr. C. Turner. Passengers and merchandise were carried, and it is proposed to make the service a weekly one. I#3
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