' A petrol car in good condition travels better in tho evening after sundown and at night than in the. daytime. The reason is obvious—tho' herbagoand foliage, ' otc., givo off certain gases .at • nightfall;; which act on the explosive mixture, the. ignition, of which supplies tho forco which moves tho pistons of tho engine, and, in consequence, wo get an increase of power. —Sir Edgar Boehm, in "Tho Autocar."
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 138, 5 March 1908, Page 3
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