OILS FROM RICE.
An oversea trade report states 'that lack of other" domestic fuel ' sources caused the,ltalian Government, a. ..few months ago to consider the possibility of producing alcohol from., rice, dust which can be used in a blend with motor spirit as a fuel for motor-cars. The Imperial Institute? of PhysiccCh'emis'trjr in Japan Has madeiexperirhehts with similar • waste, ■; products from rice in order to, product, an 'Oil which could be applied for industrial purposes. The research work has been carried on since last autumn, and it v now proposed to. use- this .oil, .which could be produced in substantial quantities, :in the manufacture of soaps, ..
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 143, 18 June 1937, Page 8
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106OILS FROM RICE. Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 143, 18 June 1937, Page 8
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