Life — April 15, 1909 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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ial lid hel Sh Si Accurate— at 1 mile or 100 The Warner Auto-Meter is the only speed indicating instrument you can buy—no matter what price you may pay—which [s accurate at all speeds when you get it, and which will remain accurate as long as you have a car to use it on. ‘The Auto-Meter correctly indicates the slightest forward movement of the car, and with equal accuracy every range of speed up to as fast as you dare to drive. ‘All other * speed indicators” show no indication of speed whatever under 5 to 10 miles hour, Watch them in use. The Auto-Meter, because perfectly balanced in all its parts, works without Internal vibration. Therefore the indicating dial is always steady and readable. No jar or jolt of the car can affect it. Speed alone moves it. On all other “speed indicators" the indicating hand continually flutters over a space on the sj representing 5 to 10 miles, ‘The supposed speed Is somewhere between these points. You must guess where. The Auto-Meter, because of the Magnetic In- duction principle on which it works, can be and js made so sturdy and strong, and with such refinements of construction, that practical tests have shown that it will withstand a MILLION MILES of the hardest kind of driving, without appreciable wear or departing from absolute ac- curacy more than 10 feet fo the mile. All other instruments are made on the cen- trifugal principle. All contain weights, which occupy so much space that the remaining parts must be small and weak. Cams, small ins and delicate coiled springs are used. ere is sliding friction everywhere. After few months" use, wear of these delicate parts, and weakening of coiled springs when mu tiplied dozens of times through the indicating hand, renders centrifugal instruments so. sly inaccurate that they are worse than useless. ‘The Auto-Meter alone can be adjusted at the factory in a few minutes to correct the slightest inaccuracy—though this has never yet been necessary except in instruments injured by accidents. In centrifugal instruments no provision fs made or can be made for adjustments or corrections. When inaccurate they must be thrown away. Their accuracy at the best is limited by a few weeks or months. Then they are far worse than useless. The Warner Auto-Meter : Guaranteed Absolutely Accurate The Auto-Meter is built like an expensive Chronom- eter. Ithas but two moving parts. These revolve. ‘There is nosliding friction, ‘The bearings are sapphire jewels and imported Hoffman Balls. Every part must test accurately to 1-108) of an inch or it is thrown out, Such bearings will practically last a lifetime without wear. ‘The Auto-Meter, becauso made on the only cor- rect principle, is unvaryingly accurate and so durable that It will outlast a dozen cars. No centrifugal instrument —though the price may be the same—can be considered, in the same class, any more than a $1 watch can be classed with a $200 Chronom- toe The Odometer used in connec- tion with the Auto-Meter is our own construction. It is as strongly and durably built asthe Auto-Meter itself. Scason dial registers 100,000 miles, Other odometers register 10,000 miles only. This is often insufficient for a single season, Future mileage has been lost, The trip dial registers 1,000 miles and repeat. Other odometers register 100 miles only. A single turn of a button resets to zero, It is the only self-contained odometer on which the figures are not partly concealed by the speed Indicating hand, We want every automobile owner to know the comparative tests which will enable him to prove the truth of every claim we have made, We have put these in a book which will be sent to anyone for the asking. In your own interest buy no speed indi- cator of any kind until you know. To buy the wrong instrument is to waste your money. Factory and Main Offices: The Warner Instrument Co., 445 Wheeler Avenue, Beloit, Wis. New York, 1902 Broadway Pittsburg, 3432 Forbes St. Cleveland, 2002 Euclid Ave. Detroit, 299 Jefferson Ave. Cincinnati, 122 E. Seventh St. St. Louis, 3923 Olive St Boston, 825 Boylston St. Buffalo, 722 Main St Chicago, 1802 Michigan Ave. Seattle, 914 E. Pike St. Indianapolis, 83034 N. Illinois St. Philadelphia, 302 N. 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