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Show QUEER IAS ON COOLING FOUND Water in Radiator Freezes Just Like That in Ordinary I Pail ' It's queer what ideas some motorists mo-torists have about the ordinary phy- sics of the water cooling aye tern o their cars In winter time." says tho president of a large Motor com- pany. "Just because the .water In the radiator and cooling system is confined con-fined In h more or leas tight l I n-closed n-closed container, many persons trj to make themselves Imagine that lids, water will be a bit more protected from the nlp of old Be-re.is than just ordinary water in a pall, Hen.-, the: proceed to keep their motor CS 'Old garages, negleet to prot water from freezing, and then suddenly sud-denly awaken to the necessity of buying new radiators or new motor blocks or perhaps pay out a Paris Old time motorists begin their safety-first program Ions before the zero weather hits ihem by putting a quantity of alcohol In their radiators. Beginners will take Chances and then find these cost dturly In the gamble against King Winter. However, old timers an not. to guess' at the proportion of water and alcohol and discover 'i their dism.iv 'hat they are poor gurssers and on severely cold day8 they find their radiators' radi-ators' freexlng up on them even whll" tlie car is In motion This happen?: easily because of th trernendou- )u (ion of cold air through the radiator which freezes the bottom of the honeycomb hon-eycomb or tubes while the water at the top may be boiling because of the stopped circulation n m v,i.t AMA a fnczemeter a simple hydrometer which can be obtained for a mall price at any gcod accessory store. I The,, use this meter every day in j testing the alcohol and water mix-; lure More and more automobiles are i In dalh use throughout the winter season, which is as It should be. There Is no good reason why Intelligent care will nut give the motorist good results so thut he may hove the pleasures an I advantages of his car twelve months I in the year ' |