THREE:"The Duchess wants me to see her boy at once," he said. "The Duchess, you know; the one who so annoyed you at Lady Longmere's party."Presuming an engineering establishment to consist of one-storey buildings, and the main operations to be conducted on the ground level, the only vertical lifting to be performed will be in the erecting room, where the parts of machines are assembled. This room should be reached in every part by over-head travelling cranes, that cannot only be used in turning, moving, and placing the work, but in loading it upon cars or waggons. One result of the employment of over-head travelling cranes, often overlooked, is a saving of floor-room; in ordinary fitting, from one-third more to twice the number of workmen will find room in an erecting shop if a travelling-crane is employed, the difference being that, in moving pieces they may pass over the top of other pieces instead of requiring long open passages on the floor. So marked is this saving of room effected by over-head cranes, that in England, where they are generally employed, handling is not only less expensive and quicker, but the area of erecting floors is usually one-half as much as in America, where travelling-cranes are not employed.
THREE:I had not the faintest idea who they were, but then they introduced themselves as van Wersch and Dasoul, both living at the time at Hasselt. The first had been at Maastricht a couple of days ago and had seen me there. He told me that that morning he had been "hooked" and his companion only the evening before. He had come to Bilsen on a bicycle, and got such a blow on his back from181 the butt of a German rifle that the butt was cracked in two although his back was not injured.CHAPTER XXVII. COMPOUND HAMMERS.
THREE:The mere suggestion added flame to her anger. She caught Hetty by the arm and dragged her from the door. There was a crash and a tear as the dress sleeve parted, the quick rattle of a key in the lock, and a defiant smile from Hetty.As soon as they had got all the information they required, the commanding officer ordered a patrol of cyclists of six men to leave their kit and rifles behind, but to take a Browning, and deliver a rapidly written letter at Lige.
TWO:(1.) Why cannot the conditions of apprentice engagements be determined by law?(2.) In what manner does machine improvements affect the conditions of apprenticeship?(3.) What are the considerations which pass from a master to an apprentice?(4.) What from an apprentice to a master?(5.) Why is a particular service of less value when performed by an apprentice than by a skilled workman?(6.) In what manner can technical knowledge be made to balance or become capital?(7.) Name two of the principal distinctions between technical knowledge and property as constituting capital.(8.) What is the difference between what is called engineering and regular manufactures?(1.) What limits the speed at which the reciprocating parts of machines may act?(2.) What is the nature of reciprocal motion produced by cranks?(3.) Can reciprocating movement be uniform in such [108] machines as power-hammers, saws, or pumps?(4.) What effect as to the rate of movement is produced by the elastic connections of a trip-hammer?












