Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-12-12 | Page 31 | Dodge Brors Obtain Weight of Utah Signature

DODGE BROTHERS OBTAIN WEIGHT OF UTAH SIGNATURE J It is only natural of course that so remarkable a manufacturing establishment es establishment es- es as that of Dodge Bros in Detroit in which Is is' manufactured Dodge Bros ros m motor tor cars should should develop develop develop de de- news items items of of a good deal of interest both to automobile owners an and nc those those who are considering the purchase of ot a a new carThe car The salesmen of ot the Tom Botterill Automobile company of oC Salt Lake local distributors for Dodge Bros cars In this territory are constantly receiving factory news of ot this character char char- character acter from the Dodge Bros plant and anda a n. day o or two ago Mr Mr Wheelock in charge of sales of Dodge Bros cars at Botterill's had his attention directed di directed directed di- di to one of the thai many unusual instruments used by Dodge Bros in their laboratory work vork by receiving a query as to the actual physical w weight ight of the pen pencil marl marking ng of his signature I Think Jt it t cant can't be weighed eh Well Wall it can and if it consisted of f. f say say seven letters arid and two initials with perl periods periods' ds the weight would beabout be beabout about thousandths ten of n a gram And there are gr grams ms In In Ina a pound And the delicate apparatus that weighs it could weigh it i if it t tere were were ere a thousand times as as' light Of OC course course the analytical balance dont don't call It a scale unless you want to earn the contempt of oC the chemist Is not ordinarily rily used fort for weighing names names It has a definite place in laboratory work and at the plant of Dodge Bros Detroit it is used in the fine tests on th the composition of the I hl h hent Into h mak making ak- ak materials ls Which ent enter r into the lug lag of motor cars cars But the weighing of a signature is used to carry to the lay mind the delicacy of the instrument A piece of oC paper is placed on the balance and ana anae a name e accurately weighed and then It is is written on the paper and weighed again The difference in the weights weights' gives the weight of the name and as in the case cited above the weight of a signature of seven letters letters let letters let let- with two periods was ten four thousandths of oC a gram