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Show 1 TRY THIS OX YOUR AUTOMOBILE jAttpeof Acer 1 2 jOOYt- gtopln I 4- - lOmiJegThfeq ft. t jr? - 15 " r ; lojrl J j 25 " i, a S3 7 200ft-" jo grsL"JH , 35 - ; - iqUl- 40 2 " " 148 n 7 ! 50 " " 2$ Mr, 1 too p. - 1 Xm i fjft kffl ju fT ?-r : w.Urf&- L-LKa r I I i i i i m.p.h... IOI5202530J540455055 60 Thermoid Brake iNsplcrioN ruat The up-to-date motoruft muit know In what space he can stop bis car. The average motoTiat, expert say, uses his brake? from 20,000 to 30,000 times a year. Two-thirds of the motor accidents, they say, occur when car are traveling loss than 12 miles an hour Bad hraXci are said to be the cause of isoft of the accidents acci-dents with which the motoring world is charged. Out of these condition has come a nation-wide movement to have motorists inspect their brakes ai rt-goiJar intervals, so as to be sure they are in perfect condition. I In connection with this movement, a chart has just been completed by expert., who have been testing' hydraulic compressed beak lin-l irT. Hoarded as the Ut lind lor general use under varied condi- I lions on account of its rnoisturc-ro-1 - isitin quaLUes, Thi brako Itdng: Is now In use on many of the American Amer-ican war cars and trucks In FranceJ I Will Your Car De This? i The chart repraeents, experts rayj the first scientific calrulstion of x-act x-act dhjtancaa within which a car" equipped with proper brake mecb-J ai.uun should come to a stop under svoruwe road condftioos. It show what a car shauld do if its brakes' are rifcht. The average lintn for sutomobils brakes is mode up, simply of strips ? .wven wnh arc easily af- lected by moisture, gasoline, oil and the dust of the road. The kind preferred pre-ferred by particular motorists is made of asbestos fabric impregnated with what is called grapnal, and then subK-cted to 2000 pounds to ths qaare inch of thermoid hydraulic pressure for one boor' jtimt, |