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Show mm MOTOR CAR M UM 'PLANE RELATED aHff bbH Identities Almost Confused as 1 LlH Lines of Development Are jj H Overlapped & (H The motor car and the alrplano N'bbbH " clofloI-v rPInted that !t ls Pretty hard - jH to say which of theso comparatively H recent adjuncts to civilization has con- 1 H tributed the most to tho development JjHH of the other. Unquestionably it was Mjt? H the development of the gas engine in H the automobile that mnde the airplane jH possible, but it Is equally' true that in llH recent yean; some of tho chief roflne- tH mentis In automobile design and usage I HL have been directly the result of avla- H tion -' I H Among the many contributions of f H the airplane to tho efficiency of the I H automobile might well be mentioned ,' H tho discovery that difference In tom- H peraturc greatly affects the operation I Hj of the motor. The sudden changes to H which the airplane engine is subjected 1 Hl by reason of its quick climb to high 'H altitudes and even more rapid descent. 'H from them showed the way to regu- ;H late the temperature of the motor to H keep mH The result was the uso of a water IH thermometer and shutjers on the radl- HIH ator. The pilot simply watches the H. BHbVP( thermometer, and when the tempcra- ' Hjf turc of the water begins to drop he HHf closes the shutters, reversing the opor- Sit ation when the engine begins to heat Hi' up. IB, 00 |