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Dependable Performance

When oil deliveries are critical, you need a totally reliable pushertug. That's the kind you expect from The

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Japan Retains Lead

In World Shipbuilding

According to the annual report of Lloyd's Register of Shipping, Ja- pan again dominated world ship- building in 1973, with nearly 16- million tons launched from its yards.

According to the report, Sweden followed well behind with 2.5- million tons, followed iby West Ger- many, Spain, France, Norway and

Britain.

The report said demand was high for tankers, liquefied gas carriers and oil-rig supply ships.

M.I.T. Receives Grant

For Ocean Teaching

The National Science Foundation has announced the award of $72,908 to the Massachusetts Institute of

Technology, Cambridge, Mass., as part of a program to improve un- dergraduate education in naval ar- chitecture and ocean engineering design.

The award is part of a coopera- tive program that includes the

University of Michigan at Ann Ar- bor, the Webb Institute of Naval

Architecture at Glen Cove, N.Y., and M.I.T.—the three U.S. institu- tions that award undergraduate de- grees in naval architecture.

Dr. C. Chryssostomidis, assistant professor of naval architecture, will head the M.I.T. effort.

Du Pont Brochure

On Bearings Made

From Teflon Fiber

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Com- pany Incorporated, Wilmington,

Del., has published a folder con- taining information on bearings made from Teflon® TFE fluoro- carbon fiber. Bearings of "Teflon" fiber withstand much greater load (up to 80,000 psi) than molded

PTFE bearings and more important, do not have to he lubricated. "Tef- lon" fiber is 'the lubricant—the bearings have a coefficient of fric- tion as low as .02. Included in the kit are bearing manufacturers' cata- logs, technical and performance data, case histories of 'bearings in a diversity of uses, and informative matterial such as reprints of perti- nent articles. This kit will be a valuable addition 'to bearing appli- cation files.

Inquiries for this brochure should be forwarded to Du Pont Company,

Eden Park Building, New Castle

Avenue, Wilmington, Del. 19898,

Attention: PDM #15696.

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