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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1913
Page
4
Barney Oldfield's 200 horsepower racer used a heavy front axle to withstand extreme stresses in high speed. At the mile record of 37.88 seconds, doubling speed quadruples axle stress, explaining why racing axles require substantial metal. The article notes many axles fail under racing conditions due to these forces.
The article explains strengthening old wrought iron trestle approaches to the Danville and St Charles bridges by encasing Phoenix columns in concrete. The strengthened reinforced compression members show about a 50 percent gain in strength, addressing increased train weights.
A Michigan inventor patents a scale that records weights of various objects opposite names on a sheet of paper. The device includes a printing mechanism at the top and moves like a typewriter carriage. The description is incomplete but outlines a weight recording and printing system.
Archie McDermid of Deming New Mexico invents a tool handle that can attach to saws and other tools in any position. The dual handles use screw rods and nuts to clamp the tool against a grooved bearing, enabling easy adjustment to suit user convenience.
A sweeping anti fly campaign unfolds from Seattle to Boston as doctors and health experts urge extermination of the disease carrier. Dr Ferdinand Jeffreys calls the fly a danger signal linking filth to diseases like typhoid and meningitis in homes, markets, and public spaces.
New processes render soft sandstone or limestone into hard impermeable material to a depth of about half an inch. The treated stone can be polished and cut for use in tanks and pavements. One method uses cement mortar with water glass and calcium chloride to create a hard silicate fill. A second method saturates with ammonium sulfate and water-glass, then wipes excess solution.
An English firm recalls its walking-beam engine built in 1854 with a four by eight inch cylinder and fourteen rpm under thirty psi. By 1898 it was compounded increasing pressure to 120 psi. In 1910 it became a triple expansion engine running at 300 psi and 430 degrees superheat. It once ran away fast enough to burst rope pulleys without serious damage.
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