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The development of the motor engine continues. First came the single cylinder, then the pair, then the four cylinder, then the six cylinder, and now we have the eight-cylinder engine. The De Dion was the first eight-cylinder car built for the market, but the demand does not appear to have been great. In America the six-cylinder has made wonderful progress in the last three years, and nearly half the makes are six cylinders. 'Now the Cadillac, which has pioneered many original inventions in motor traction, comes out with an eightcylinder engine as standard— the cylinders arranged in fours at 90 degrees apart. As there are only four cranks the engine has the merit of simplicity even above the six. Next the King Company, of Detroit, are taking up the eight-cylinder and announce it among their 1915 models at an astonishing low price of 1500 dollars, or £300, in the States. The King four will be continued also. For' Children's Hacking Cough at-Night, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d. — Advt. I

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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 1, 2 January 1915, Page 10

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Page 10 Advertisements Column 3 Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 1, 2 January 1915, Page 10

Page 10 Advertisements Column 3 Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 1, 2 January 1915, Page 10

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