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THE eighth International Exhibition of Inventions organised by the Institute of Patentees (Incorporated) was opened at the Central Hall, Westminster, on October 5 by Sir Maurice Jenks, the Lord Mayor of London. The opening was followed by a luncheon at St. Ermin's Restaurant, when Lord Askwith, president of the Institute, remarked that it is not the old men, but the young, who are bringing marvellous things into the world. As in former years, the exhibition is divided into two main sections, a trade section which includes many things already on the market, and a section of new inventions, the latter being sub-divided into groups of exhibits relating to domestic and labour-saving appliances, electrical and radio apparatus, building and housing details and mechanical apparatus. As might be expected, the last of these groups contains many new devices for motor vehicles such as brakes, lights, signalling signs and means for preventing cars being stolen. One interesting exhibit is a small electrically driven model boat in a tank for demon-strating the increase in efficiency of the propeller obtained by surrounding it with a ring of approximately cone section. Other exhibits relate to internal combustion engines and to variable speed gear and transmission gear.
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Exhibition of Inventions. Nature 130, 573 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130573b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/130573b0