Popular science monthly . and carriedin an oix-n-siiied boxattached to the truckbody at the rear of thedrivers cab. It is re-volved by gearing fromthe front wheels of thetruck through a flexiblecable. A blank strip ofpaper is fed around theouter circumference of I The Hose Is Mightier and Quicker Than the BrushF KIPLING had only waited long enough before saying it our picturemight have given him his idea abcutpainting with a comets tail for a brushand the sky for a canvas. However, thepainters shown in the accompanyingillustration are not artists and theircanvas is not the sky but two brand-ne
Popular science monthly . and carriedin an oix-n-siiied boxattached to the truckbody at the rear of thedrivers cab. It is re-volved by gearing fromthe front wheels of thetruck through a flexiblecable. A blank strip ofpaper is fed around theouter circumference of I The Hose Is Mightier and Quicker Than the BrushF KIPLING had only waited long enough before saying it our picturemight have given him his idea abcutpainting with a comets tail for a brushand the sky for a canvas. However, thepainters shown in the accompanyingillustration are not artists and theircanvas is not the sky but two brand-newsteel box-cars which ha\e justemerged from the shop This is the fastest andmost economicalmethod of paintiyet devised. Thpaint is first vn-])orized and thenforced throutilithe hose andsprayed on thecars by com-pressed air. While the photographerwas adjustinghis camera fora snapshot theends of boththese cars werepainted, whichgives an ideaof how rapidlyt h e work isac<(inii)li-hcd. \ H91 iPfJMG UXVDED N92 SPRING lOAOeO. Inscription of a record on thestrip of paper around the drum The device is carried in an open-sided frame attachedto the body of the truck at the back of the drivers cab the drum froma roll beside thetruck is run-ning the spring\ibrat ion isproportional toilu motion be-t w c e n t h ebody, to whichthe device isfixed, and theaxle. Thisrecord is in-scribed on thesheet aroundthe drum bymeans of apencil carriedon a .swivel bya spring-arm. Popular Science Monthly 689 Giant Slabs of Marble to CommemorateAbraham Lincoln THK largest stone in the greatLincoln Memorial has been swunginto place. There are three of theseslabs of marble all of the same size, andthey arc reputed to be the largest everset in any structure in this is more than six feet high and morethan nineteen feet long and weighs abouttwenty-eiglit tons. The big blocks came from a quarry inColorado which is situated just belowthe perpetual snow-line of the Rockies,on the eastern slop
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