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Subj: Mazda and after
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From: G0TEZ@GB7CIP.#32.GBR.EU
To : CAR@WW
I remember Mazda bulbs and valves in my youth. As far as I know, they were
bought out by Mullard,also long gone.
Swan was an interesting man, he invented some bulbs containing gas at low
pressure making it unnecessary to have such a low vacuum. A forrunner of
'pearl' bulbs and some gas discharge bulbs.
As for the old 'dynamotor' it was simply an electric motor on each wheel
which could switch over by a relay system to a dynamo or generator when
speed reduced or under braking.
Funnily enough, it is still used in racing cars as the KERS system
(|Kinetic Energy Recovery System). Computer controlled but much the same
idea.
I put out a bull around 2001 after learning a little Spanish to visit
Spain. I fund out that 'Tonto' meant silly or stupid and Kemo Sabe was as
you say. Befor e thet I though it was just some kinf of injun language,
not Spanish.
The car is generally attributed to Daimler and other German inventors like
Herr Otto who invented the 4 stroke cycle, so nothing British there.
It is funny how I remember my schoolboy science:-)
73 - Ian, G0TEZ @ GB7CIP
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