I am aware of some instances in which the fitting of the new type ofcarburettorhas resulted in increased petrol consumption.
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A new kind ofcarburettoris being fitted to the type of vehicle in which fires have occurred.
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All such engines are equipped with oil heated carburettors or heated air intakes or with both.
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Whose copyright is being offended—the maker of the car or the maker of thecarburettor?
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The cause of the fire is believed to have been the escape of excess fuel from an ill-fittingcarburettor.
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Does that mean that it is generally admitted that spirits are better in thecarburettorthan in the stomach?
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The work of fitting the carburettors is already in hand and the extinguishers are expected to be ready later this month.
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That happens because ofcarburettoricing, a problem of which aviators also have experience.
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Supposing somebody wishes to fit a different type ofcarburettorin a car.
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Let us suppose, for the sake of example, the case of carburettors, although that does not happen to be one.
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Had we the mechanics ready to do small adjustments to things like magnetos, carburettors and oiled plugs?
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The engines were not interchangeable and neither were the carburettors.
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In that way they have, to a very large extent, overcome the problem of ice in thecarburettor.
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At this moment that future may depend on so relatively small a thing, as acarburettoror the pitch of a propeller.
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There has been much criticism in many quarters in this country of our policy of using carburettors instead of injection mechanism.
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