Show Long bong Hours and Perseverance of Engineer Developed Fine Motor By IU Science F E NKA Scree High In th IMi ranks of ot some som put him as aa high as Edison Edi- Edi son SOil in the electrical stands field field a man who la is still doing II a n hour day V- V hour day shift despite his Ills 61 years ears lies lie's lies lie's Frederick Fr Henry Royce de de- de designer signer and ant builder of ot one ono of ot the flout and highest priced cars ears In Inthe inthe the world Whether In his Sussex home orin or orIn orin In hl his beautiful Mediterranean villa villaIn villain In southern France Royce has a retinue of ot engineers and draftsmen tram front his English and American factories working with hIm hlin 0 o o or er I ideas which may make malto his Ills fine product even better belter Every plan piau for tor Improvement to the least Im- Im Important important Im Important part of at his car goes to him for tor ratification even oven toda today with the result that his car ear Is tho rho em- em embodiment em embodiment of at his hi own perfect self telf From Front the tir very cry beginning of ot his bla upward career Royce displayed his most characteristic trait the trait tho keen desire for perfection As far tar back as 1904 ISO Royce faced the cynicisms and mockery of at oth- oth other other oth other er automotive o enl engineers when he decided to test the newly invented process of the tir heat treatment ot of steel In order to Interlock the atoms more firmly and Increase the steels steel's tensile and strength th In the tho face Tace of ot all nil this doubt ho in- in introduced in introduced traduced u it Into his hia w u lo I u w u I the tho extent that now every piece ot of bled that goes into the construction construction construction tion of at his hia automobile from fly fly- flywheel wheel fly wheel to the last bolt Is heat treated STARTED ST WITH ELECTRICITY Further the steel Is forged and tested ever last piece of ot It Royce wasn't an automotive e en- en engineer cn at first lie was an elec elec- electrical electrical engineer in which professIon slon prote-slon slon sIon he started Ills his little business s which has ha grown crown Into the large crane manufacturing business of Royce HoCe Ltd In those early days of apprenticeship Royce Royee worked tram from six In the tir morning to ten at night acquIring a habit which prevails even en to this day But tho ho auto diverted his at- at attention at attention from his own work when he considered the inefficiency of at atthe the motors that stalled In front ot of othis othis his home In n Manchester He de- de decided decided de decided to build a good food one for himself i That was wa tho the beginning of at the Uc With Ith his almost unerring seu sense en ot of perfection bordering on that or of ora ofa oa a I genius Royce Roce worked out hi plans for tor what has ha come como to bt ba II a amodel amodel model of at the best beet In the automo automo- automotive automotive tive world What helped him was as his broad mindedness In not over over- overlooking overlooking over looking a single possibility tor for im- im improvement Im Improvement provement pro but rejecting without delay anything that proved impracticable Impracticable UM 1 S SAs As ti II result he he h was first In adopt adopt- adoptIng adopting Inc adopt Ing the heat treatment of at steel for Cor his chassis chaffi And ho was first In distributing stress atress scientifically through tho the auto body This he did in view of ot th the shaking Inc shak-Inc shak- shak shakIng Ing heads about him with a bump that approximated the worst road conditions and wore down a II car in one ono day do equal to Its road wear ear In ten ton years yeats The Tho first car was literally shak shak- shaken shak- shak shaken shaken en to pieces But from this ex ex- ex experience e Royce Boyce built a car that succeeds today In withstanding years of at the hardest wear It led him to introduce tapered nickel steel bolts Into the construction end ond many small ones In place of ot a afew afew few tew large largo bolts It pointed the way to sturdier construction of the chassis and the steering and braking mechanism and to sus- sus suspension sun pension pension of at the radiator on ball Joints Dut But the greatest contribution Royce automotive from rom this test was his work in minimizing crankshaft and engine vibration This ho did also did also In Inthe Inthe Inthe the taco face tc of at those who said it cant can't be done by done by mounting an auxilIary auxiliary iary lacy wheel fly on the front of at the crankshaft Instead of m making makin this a II solid forging keyed solidly to the th shaft Royce had It forged In two equal part parts clamped together and Into position on tho the shaft so eo that It will slip thereby dampening when vibration when the shaft revolves at at high hish speed s eed That and many similar perfections perfections I make mako mak Royce noyce the th builder of a I sturdy product Expert hand stan stan- Ins ston-Ins ton ton- toning ing of gears sears repeated testing ot of every part of at the car constant im- im improvement Im Improvement provement help In keeping his car carIon caron caron Ion on the tho road even after aCter 1 miles of at hard wear I oo 00 I n Thi hour haur day Js is to r E henry l who as a re or of hie hJ lo l earth for hll has brought out one or of the worMs worlds finest cars ars hand I is ono ot of othis his pets as Is shown by the hnud fitting or of the ears ear's rs r's brakes TRAFFIC LINES TESTED f N 1 tz f r ate q Jr 4 The lines ot of whitewash that used to be daubed on the pavement pa for Cor the guidance of motorists anti and pedestrians have ha now turned to toI I durable bright while paint The paint Is put through a durability test iest shown here in which four different mixtures on as many blocks are arc put Into an abrasion machine which imitates the conditions on the road under the ot of many tires 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