Ingenious British Inventions Highlight Early 20th Century Tech Advances
A British inventor demonstrates a mechanical variable-speed drive using two adjustable sprockets linked by a endless chain, allowing one to expand while the other contracts. The system keeps tooth pitch correct and promises applications from motor vehicles to signaling gear in wireless and aviation contexts. Additional notes cover a notomatic wireless transmitter, a 90-foot crane with electric drive, a two-minute motor tire remover, and progress in electric welding and machine tools.
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Disillusioned Tour of Russia Sparks Lenin Critique
Mrs Snowden, a Labour delegation member, recalls her trip to Russia with open mind and rough rhetoric. She argues the proletariat dictatorship masquerades as democracy, asserts no socialism exists in Russia, and criticizes Lenin’s belief in British labor ignorance while noting Russia’s debts, flax, wheat, and vast Siberian gold and platinum stores.
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British unionist returns to London after prison
The article notes Mr H Wo Keeling, a British trade unionist, has been released after ten months in prison in Moscow. It mentions Sir Ellice and events from July 1909, including arrests and trials of a suspect, and discusses British workers, Russian officials, and perceived state influence on labor relations amid wartime conditions.
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