LONDON’S TRAFFIC.
EXPERIMENTS TO REDUCE STREET NOISES. (British Official Wireless.) KU'GIBY, Oct. 5. A step towards the silencing of traffic noises is being taken by the London General Omnibus Company, which has successfully completed bench tests with a new type of engine which is now being fitted to a vehicle so that tests may be continued under actual service conditions. The engine, which develops 100 horse-power, has' two overhead camshafts hitherto used only in racing cars and luxurious passenger vehicles. The crankshaft, has seven main bearings while the cylinder are in a single piece casting. Another engine to be tested has a single overhead camshaft. Eventually the engine that gives the best allround performance will ibe adopted for the future by the company.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 6 October 1928, Page 5
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123LONDON’S TRAFFIC. Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 6 October 1928, Page 5
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