. Popular electricity magazine in plain English. A Neat Little Model that is u Praotioal Advertisement COMFORT IN MOTOR CARS At least one expert has pointed outthat the prevalent opinion, that thecomfort of automobilists is best pro-moled by having the weight carriedwithin the wheel base, is incorrect. Thepassenger should, lie contends, beseated within a base, but, he adds,weight placed behind and in fronttends to steady the chassis and to freethe passengers from the effects ofshock. II weight he placed ontsido thewheel base both front and hack, heargues, an improvement in smoothnessof running
. Popular electricity magazine in plain English. A Neat Little Model that is u Praotioal Advertisement COMFORT IN MOTOR CARS At least one expert has pointed outthat the prevalent opinion, that thecomfort of automobilists is best pro-moled by having the weight carriedwithin the wheel base, is incorrect. Thepassenger should, lie contends, beseated within a base, but, he adds,weight placed behind and in fronttends to steady the chassis and to freethe passengers from the effects ofshock. II weight he placed ontsido thewheel base both front and hack, heargues, an improvement in smoothnessof running is obtained without any increase of the total weight o\ the auto-mohile. Electrical Men of the Time MILLER REESE HUTCHISON. When Asked for a Recipe for Success He Replied, Work Like the Deuce Yon may not know Mr,. Miller ReeseHutchison, but you know one of hisinventions, the Klaxon Warning Signal,well wager,—the auto horn thatsounds like a husky man being stran-gled or as if pandemonium had let loosein all its fury, and terrifies you intoinstantaneous action. The principle of it is that youd bet-ter be scared almost to death than to be killed outright. At any rate, themanufacturers proved their belief in itseffectiveness by paying Mr. Hutchisonover a half million dollars for his in-vention. When a man can make that muchmoney by bringing out just a noisylittle horn, one naturally wonders thatsome noise has not emanated from theman himself. But that is not Mr. 1454 Popular Electricity and the Worlds Advance Hutchisons way. Perhaps being chiefengineer to Thomas A. Edison has in-creased his natural tendency to dothings so constantly that a minimum oftime—or inclination—is left for talkingabout them. Mill
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