Popular science monthly . Attach the air-compressor, which weighs only thirteen pounds, to an ordinary liglit socket and inflate your tires in a few minutes Popular Science Monthly 27 Keeping Things Cold in theAutomobile Refrigerator USlll) by the owners of alarge farm in Xi-wi^irl,Minn., to deliver milk, but-ter and kindred dairy pro-ducts within a radius oftwenty-five miles, the onethousand-five-hundred-pound truck shown in theaccompanyingpicture is inreality a refrigerator onwheels. It is equipped witha double-sheathed body,filled with sawdust between the innerand outer skins to prevent rad
Popular science monthly . Attach the air-compressor, which weighs only thirteen pounds, to an ordinary liglit socket and inflate your tires in a few minutes Popular Science Monthly 27 Keeping Things Cold in theAutomobile Refrigerator USlll) by the owners of alarge farm in Xi-wi^irl,Minn., to deliver milk, but-ter and kindred dairy pro-ducts within a radius oftwenty-five miles, the onethousand-five-hundred-pound truck shown in theaccompanyingpicture is inreality a refrigerator onwheels. It is equipped witha double-sheathed body,filled with sawdust between the innerand outer skins to prevent radiation. The interior is kept cool by means ofa conventional ice-box placed directlyunder the roof at the front end, whichis large enough to hold three hundredpounds of ice. The box is zinc-lined andis surrouniled on all sides by a layer ofcharcoal. It is drained by means of apipe extending down through the doublefloor to within a foot of the beneath the ice-box are three. At last we have a refrigerator on wheel-ing dairy products shelves crosswise of the body for carryingbutter, bottled milk, pot-cheese, cans of milk are carried atthe rear. The large cans of milk or .the goodscarried on the shelves can be removedeasily and quickly without opening therear doors, this being accomplishedthrough the two side doors, one oneither side, shown directly behind theshelves. The doors are zinc-lined andwhen shut are air-tight.—J. A Record Motor-Truck Load of Barrels CARRYING a part of its big load and the height aboveabove and in front of the drivers cab, the motor-truck pictured is equippedwith a special rack-body capable ofholding three hundred and eighty-fivebarrels. This is one hundred and thirty-five more than can be loaded into anordinary railroad freight car. Someidea of the big load may be gatheredfrom the fact that the extreme fore andaft length is about twenty-eight feet the ground,fifteen feet. The vehicle, a three and one-half
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