Popular science monthly . ly a half-nut, thethreaded portions of which engage thethreads on the inner shaft. The nut canalso be disengaged from the shafts andstored away when the driver is running thecar from the seat. In its course alongthe threaded portions of the inner shaftliie half-nut comes into contact with a\eriical arm of the vehicle which isconnected with the speed-control bar at-tached to the hydraulic pump through ashaft crosswise. In operation, the driver sets the half-nut on the rearmost of the threaded por-tions of the inner shaft, according tograduations marked on the outer sha
Popular science monthly . ly a half-nut, thethreaded portions of which engage thethreads on the inner shaft. The nut canalso be disengaged from the shafts andstored away when the driver is running thecar from the seat. In its course alongthe threaded portions of the inner shaftliie half-nut comes into contact with a\eriical arm of the vehicle which isconnected with the speed-control bar at-tached to the hydraulic pump through ashaft crosswise. In operation, the driver sets the half-nut on the rearmost of the threaded por-tions of the inner shaft, according tograduations marked on the outer then moves the vertical hand-controlIe\cr for%vard a short distance to start thetruck at slow speed. Then as the vehiclemo\es for^vard, the inner shaft is re\olvedantl with it the half-nut is moved forwarduntil it comes in contact with the control-lever, at which time the nut moves thisvertical lever on the crosswise control-shaft to its middle position, and causesthe vehicle to stop. 809 870 Popular Science Munthly. Mayor Harry L. Suter playing the violin and the piano atthe same time and making satisfactory music, at that I The Mayor of Moscow, Ohio, Is theTowns One-Man Orchestra N addition to directing the politicaldestiny of Moscow, Ohio, Mayor Harr\-L. Suter is the towns one-man has devised an apparatus which makesit possible for him to pla>- the piano and\iolin siniullaiieoush-. It takes both ofMa\(tr Suters hands, as well as his elbows,feet, and eyes to keep the two instrumentsji;oing in the same musical time, but theresults are worthy of his efforts, whenone considers that he is an by himself. When the two instruments areunder the spell of the Mayor,the ri^ht hand pla\s the solopart while the bass part of thepiano is operated by the leftfoot coming in contact with aseries of pedals to thoseof an organ. The \iiilin bow is heldon a small standard which movesalong a groo\e. A double \ise holdsthe violin, and the part throughwh
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