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NEW, SOLID MOTOR FUEL
UNITED STATES DISCOVERY.
REDUCING MOTORING HAZARDS.
Hazards of flying and motoring arc likely to ho greatly reduced by the use of an inexpensive solid fuel, produced in New York after 16 ye«rs of experiment by Dr. Adolph Prussin, a research chemist, says an expert. Tests carried out in the Guggenheim School of Aeronautics, at New York University, have raised hopes that_ a fuel has at last been discovered which will not explode as a result of 'plane crashes or ignition faults. During the- tests Clydo Pangborn, the "round-the-world aviator," fired four incendiary bullets into a five-gallon can of this reddish jelly. There was no explosion. Another shot was fired when some soleno had fbecoino liquefied by pressure. It ignited and burned slowly, but the flamo was easily extinguished by stamping the substance kito the ground. Easily Blown Out. Another demonstration showed the power of the. new fuel to resist a high degree of liea,t. A segment of the jelly was placed on a metal plate and held
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 208, 3 September 1935, Page 16
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