Show JU POROUS BEARINGS I ABSORB LUBRICANT I A new tin copper-tin bearing bron ehas has been perfected in the labora laboratory tory of ot II a largo motor corporation whIch possesses pores which ab absorb ab- ab absorb absorb lubricating oils or greases grease UP to 25 26 per cent of ot the volume of the tho bearing Under test teat It has hns been found of ot use In an any place In which bearing materials are ordinarily used and In many cases has hae eten e ev en satisfactorily replaced ball and roller bearings Thousands ot of tiny pore pores un uni uniformly 1 I distributed give the ma- ma material ma material the qualities of a blotter or orI ora ora ora a wick nick An Interesting demon of tr I of this ch was as made by fitting fitting an ordinary old old fashioned kerosene lamp with bushing of ot the metal in place of the usual cotton I k The bushing was lighted and continued to burn as IlS long as there was oil In the lamp After a bearing of the tho new metal has haa been soaked in to oil It v n will III there there- thereafter thereafter thereafter after present an oily surface When the bearing surface has been isip- isip ed Ip- Ip ed cd free tre-e of oil oil In a very ery short time timea a coating of ot oil reforms on It It This ability to replenish an oil all flint on Its surface quickly obviously la le an outstanding advantage In a bear bear- bearing bearIng bearing ing as It t Insures the tho installation against running dry |