1028 THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN. June 1, 1917. COKE OVENS WITH DIRECT RECOVERY OF BY-PRODUCTS. SIMPLE AND EFFICIENT. NO NOXIOUS EFFLUENT. COAL WASHERS SIMON-CARVES LTD MANCHESTER LATCH & RATCHELOR LD. Wire Drawers, Manufacturers of all classes of Wire Ropes. Peitientiees and Manu facture* s of LOCKED COIL AND FLATTENED STRAND WIRE ROPES. HAY MILLS, near BIRMINGHAM. Fig. 2. HAULING. Fig'l. HAULING. Lang’s Lay Ropes. Fig. 13a. SINKING. Patent Flattened Strand Ropes. Fig. 26. WINDING. Fig. 15a. Advantages of Patent Flattened Strand Ropes. 1. Greater wearing surface, therefore longer life of rope and less wear upon pulleys. 2. Greater strength, thereby admitting of smaller ropes being used for existing loads, or of increased loads without increase in size of rope. 3. Spliced easily and more effectively. 4. Less tendency to twist and stretch in working. Fig. 13a for Sinking and Fig. lib for Cranes, &c., are non-twisting. Fig. 4. WINDING. Fig. lib. CRANE. &c. WINDING. Locked Coil Ropes. Indispensable for deep shafts. Stronger than any other rope of same size. Entirely free from twist. Smooth surface reduces wear to a minimum. Duration far ahead of any other construction. Fig. 20. GUIDE. RPENCER & QQ. LD Engineers, Melksham BRANCH OFFICES. WILTS HULL— Burnett Avenue. CARDIFF- 92, Claude Road. LONDON- 32, Queen Victoria Street, E.C. LIVERPOOL- 34, Castle Street. Write tc the Manufacturers for dztails of their Caibic Portable Welding and Cutting Plants. “FOOL-PROOF” describes the Carbic Weld- ing and Cutting Plant. The Generator consists of but four portions, and is entirely without moving parts, valves, or anything liable to stick. It’s a model of ‘ fool-proof” simplicity. 1 he control is automatic, and each Carbic Cake is guaranteed to produce a stated number of cubic feet of acetylene either by con- tinuous or intermittent use. , id I EJ SPECIALISTS IN ACETYLENE, 51. HOLBORN VIADUCT, LONDON. E.C, 1 NECESSARY APPARATUS in the equipment of modern plant is THE AVERY AUTOMATIC COAL WEIGHER, it lightens labour and expenses. W. & T. AVERY LTD., A,ItG?kuXy(C)' Birmingham. WIRE ROPES OF ALL KINDS. Agentq for Yorks, Notts. Derby & Leicester— YEADON, SON & CO., Albion Place, LEEDS. W. B. BROWN & CO. (BANKHALL) LTD., Globe Works, Liverpool