NEW MOTOR FUEL.
PRODUCT OF LIGNITE. SPECIALLY DESIGNED ENGINES REQUIRED. (by cable—mess assooatiok—corraiGHT.) (Stdket "Sun" Service.) NEW YORK, August 9. In connexion with tiio production or a new fuel, which is to bo marketed under the nemo of synthol, it is reported that it may be manufactured from petroleum, coal or lignite. Its base, according to analysts who have tested the product, is benzol. Several varieties of alcohol and a mysterious metallic catalyst, not unlike tetrathyl lead, made up the mixture.
Its action in the new motor designed for its use i 3 said to'be more nearly like stoam power than anv internal combustion engine yet devised. Gas m the cylinders is at a higher compression than used in an ordinaryengine, and expands without explosive force and hisses from the exhaust valves hk<3 escaping steam. It is claimed that the new fuel will revolutionise motor and aerial transportation.
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18457, 11 August 1925, Page 11
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