NEW FUEL
bD-VIE OF ITS PROPERTIES. MORE LIKE STEAM POWER. BIG CLAIMS MADE FOR) IT. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION -COPY'RIGHT., Received Aug. 10 11.45 a.m. NEW YORK, Aug. 9. in connection with the production of the reported new fuel, which is to be marketed under the name of synthpl, it is stated that it may be manufactured from petroleum, coal, or lignite. Its base, according to the analysts who! have tested the -product, is benzol. Several varieties of alcohol and a mysterious metallic catalyst not unlike cletraJthyl lead make up the mixture. Its -action in -a new motor designed for its use is said to be more nearly like steam power than any internal combustion engine yet devised. The gas in the cylinders is -at a higher compression than used on any ordinary engine, and expand without explosive Torce, and losses from the exhaust valves like- escaping steam. It i 3 claimed that the new fuel will revolutionise motor and aerial transportation. —Sydney Sun Cables.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 10 August 1925, Page 5
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164NEW FUEL Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 10 August 1925, Page 5
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