RADIUM JEWELS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 306, 31 December 1907, Page 4

RADIUM JEWELS.

HjAccordrag (o the Paris Matin, the ?eBret of the transmutation of ronunn'i Borunduni. a hard mstal. into rare gems has been discovered. M. lxipparent related the manner of discovery recently to the Fn-nch Academy of Sciences. Pcof«wor BordiW was greatly impressed some time ago by the fact that glass tulws in which radium is kept always take on a magnificent azure tint. This attributed to-the fact that tlic radium ■igdiscovers and "revivifies" in the glass manganese. liordas tlicn took pieces of is found iu dnll-brown grey, costs act tliem iinMatin lot-

IT* opinion of Mr/fcnry Sturnwj tUe Jn M motorist au, journalist, is *l«avJ worth reading, J"; ms Uteot utteafnw* are «, «u regards his view. 01 the develop mcnt and adoption of »he motor car. At Sturmey states that all brandies ot 1 automobile trade *.ll witaesa e«'»rmou development. Standardisation would . niuch cort of au. he looked for simplification and eliiuma lion of parts, i'he motor would be come a Xclc of utility for r.p.dly get tin* about for business purposes rathe X for pleasure. There would be * enormous demand for lig t , about £IOO, but he thought the ma 'matters settled down ww centre round a moderate car m ti«o to *3OO, ot, say, ll» U-p. to 4) M rherv would be thus two mam t\pu the town runabout and the country o tourinc car. Neither of the*- w«wl; displace the luxurious type of car. Thei> Jo'uld always 1* wealthy would demand the best, at about 18W to £ 1000, though this trade will b ! limited. As regards the corn m ,, r M Vi ,Uie this would become « enormous business, and dehverj of al goods in town and would be done l.v motor. Only th m»OK-t of tradesmen would M*p « nurse. Transit of goods by road woul> 'l' 4 ,',,'r I ''dT,tan.'" 01 "th^ 1 ru\fur'.T moto h",f gained a looting, and for v.-ibl eventually l>cc»me mdispeiisal.U '.ml possiblv also for small ones bj com liination. There would always be: i steadv trade in motor cycles. iue= would probably develop on two lines, th light machine with a motor as an au\ liary to the pedal machine, and a modei " w'v powerful and fast machine for« £ r t riders. The three or four-wheel® motor ercle would be valuable as a lifcb parcel delivery for small tradesmen, did not think alcol.ol, partlin, or an. other fuel would oust petrol, for V ZW reason that petrol be roltl as cheaply ** an > ,f an - .. '• iuel threatened it. It i the past very cheaply, and ivould 1« again. He instanced the dif (Unities of mam.fartur.nf! connnercia ilcohol. The supply of petrol was pra-Jo-ally unlimited, and fresh r«i> bein« discovereu. The Iwriwmt. " f J of on* or two cylinde™ migh in again, also the chain system o' lrive. when the chains were corrcc ) dared in dust and oil-tight case-. The :»eumatic principle for couldnot though a new design mi r nt * evolved in Which the air column rould lie more invulnerable, and turther emoved from road contact.