The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1918. FUEL FOR STEAMSHIPS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 42, 20 October 1913, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1918. FUEL FOR STEAMSHIPS.

The death of Rudolph Diesel means I undoubtedly the loss of a great mechanical genius to the world, and it is certain that his work of research will not bo allowed to remain at a standstill, because other pioneers m the same field are applying their inventive energies to the elaboration of Diesel's ideas. Not long ago it was! stated that while the Diesel marinej engine had definitely establised itself as an efficient motor for ships,! vessels employing this power had cer-j tain limitations imposed on them by 'confining themselves in the main to! such routes as would enable them to I easily obtain oil supplies. Therefore it! seems that those who follow up I Diesel’s work must apply themselvesi to the problem of rendering oil-driven! vessels independent of mineral oils.j The great inventor himself expressed the opinion that-it would he found more economical to obtain oil from coal to use as fuel than to burn oil) under the boilers of steam engines.) Investigators are now studying the! production of vegetable oils in quantities sufficient to constitute them an easy and general source of power. Some experiments made quite lately show that anv kind of seaweed when submitted to distillation produced volumes of gas and oil tar which on re-distilla-tion yielded an oil similar to paraffin. Mr E. C; Stafford, who carried out saiiuo extensive experiments, obtained from one ton of seaweed nearly seven

gallons of oil. There is also muck probability that alcohol, as a i nel, will be taking a prominent place before long, and it is reasonable to suppose that the internal combustion engine may yet be rendered independent of mineral oils because sufficient substitutes will be available in the future in regions whore coal is not obtainable.