WONDERFUL MEW INVENTIONS.
Among the more wonderful new inventions Is a little hydraulic machine which turn* out concrete Mocks, 18 inches hy 9 inches, at a rate of 80 ft minute (says a London newspaper). When used in building the Mojks are einvply dovetailed together and locked by the pouring on of cement from a can. They are said to foe better than clay bricks, and can be produced at half the cost.
The machine also makes window frames, roof tiles, and corner pieces at a similar rate of speed. The material is composed of clinkers from furnaces, mixed with cement, and it is said that with the aid of this little machine it will be possible to build cottages at a price—notwithstanding the increased cost of material and labor'—which will be not above that of pre-war ttows. Another thing that is promised is a motorcar made mostly of wood, which will come on to the market at about £6O a car.
Then there is a wonderful new loom, which will weave mats and bedspreads and other things from a cord made out of paper. This cord, Itself a discovery of the war, produces a material which will fulfil moat of the uses to which canvas is generally put. Woven mats of T)aper cord dipped in rubber are said to be extremely durable.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 May 1919, Page 2
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