"TOR MOTOR-CYCLISTS’ MECCA.” Lvco 7s So, bolts lGs 9(1, Hutchinson T.T*. tv res 'liin 87s 6d, F.R.S. headlights 95. dust coats to measure. 16s.— Ph?® Rubber Stores, 171. Manchester street, corner Cashel Street. X 476 AMniueo iR«-n eq; so jpuq .ibj og A writer in “Science’' tells of an ingenious little skiff, about two jncho» long, which he constructed and provided with a piece of map for the .motor. The boat was of wood paraffined to repel tli© water. The soap formed the stern board of the. skill. The boat was nln red on still water in a. bath-tub, and began to move as soon a, 5 tiro water came in contact with the soap. After gathering headway it reached a velocity of two inches per second. The power was derived front the potential energy of the surface water- film set free by the diminution of surface tension, the reduction being due to solution of the soap.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXXIII, Issue 16048, 1 October 1912, Page 8
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157Page 8 Advertisements Column 7 Lyttelton Times, Volume CXXIII, Issue 16048, 1 October 1912, Page 8
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