The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-19
AMONG THE AUTOHODElSHS.


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kind " airohol N Will furnish 4 substitute
for RasuieHe. Without the ubnoxlaua odnf and
fsr safof. aud " win furnish frei which the
farmer ran uae vith safety about hia pFSlniaes
for powcf purposes. NOT oniy are the fumes
NJ R~ssolene foul smelling. but they are pasl.
lively dangerous. ~ has bren shswn ~ the
marrow escaprs from sHnocation IN ~shipboafd
whore n has been uaed and IN which men
have bern sufo.athd. Then, hrr from asaa.
lens cannot br fought with water. which only
serves ~ spread the flames. while burning
denaturIsed alcohol can be put out with water.
with which u rea dily mixes.
"Urain alCuh1l Ia denaturiNed or destroyed
a. q BEVERAGE by adding to Il certain q gents
or compounds which are somewhat poispnous,
extremely nauseatlns and unpaiatablp, In
fact " much NJ that M ordinary human
stomach could tolerate danaturiscd alcohol
Almost no alcohol u denaturiyed In this
country, except for laboratory purposes. In
other countries II Ia accomplished by adding
some wood alcohol, itself q poison. and pyri-
dine base. Wood alcohol difers from grain
alcohol in being made by distIllins wood In
iron ktlns,, The pyrldine base is obtained
Gus properties. Another material which has
been used In Europe. where legislation. In this
GisI 'iiins 4 BONE S.' in f iiSs filns.. i Ia e Srsa e'I sr f,S 3
mineral naphtha IL added to. s pei. cent. Of
wood alcohol; When grain alc2hol has been
agala fordrinking purpose. In Great britain
whore the tax on beverage spirits 10 double
what IL l. in this country. and which therefore
NItTt NluUlf Nnt IfTntlNNtlb1l 10 ItsNOEt tnt
denaturized alcohol, the fraud is practically
Ordinary grain alcohol Is produced at a
but the Government tax Of s2,Os a gallon az
once raises the cost 20 s2.is to s2.2o a gallon.
without any allowance even for the middle;
alcohol could he produced for about the
same cost. or at the most at q few cents more,
as the denatHriz'ng materials would nos cost
great quantities of things which could he
used in the production Of this article. which
are now often burned up In order 70 get rid
OF them. Damaged corn, grain, sweet pota-
toes. ,yams. indian corn Stake. slightly de-
cayed fruits. waste molasses from the sugar
s sugar " Industry "" and Pup IN fac. any my ma material ,HSi
containing starch or sugar j. readily trans.
formed into denaturized alcohol. One bushel
about three gallons Of alcohol, The manu-
facture Of dennturiZed ALCOHOL would at once
create a large deman nd for these products
which are now consigned 70 tho bonfire"
Automoblling Is rapidly getting beyond the
stage in. which every owner 81. one qualified
an appointing vent by saying: III my cor Is In
running ORDER
Although it has been many times explained
the question Is repeatedly being asked by
those awakening 10 an interest in AUTOMOBILE
ing why, ii TeQLires q motor which develops
or four horses might be able to perform.
The answers involve explanation Of the de-
r~iyation OF the tenn horsepower and also
In connection with mechanka al motive power
definite amount Of work done " a given time.
one foot high in one minute, the performance
Of which y known 9s a foo, pound and forms
ths Nh s Sf wo sam S sansss "a uI when ls ni no f nr,
Goal mines, froouently had to replace horses
for this class Of worn; and the Unit of work.
II was found that the SUSTAINED work n
horse could perform was about 1000 foot
pounds, but as an advance had TO be shown
power, a 20 per cent; advance was made upon
this, and the resultant $1,000 pounds was
in the cas- OF the mechanical horsepower,
the idea OF power Involves the element OF
time, Thus $4,000 foot-pounds may be done
in any period Of time yet 1t remains foot
pounds Power is the rate at which II is done,
ffoorrmnSaaRcs OF 5000 foot-Seun nddsV every mi minute 1tt.
power AZ '' L viii Il be az seem 1mP cry eSe f SS1ss tr Ia h9Essf
a heavy load. while, a light car, travelling
amount Of work to do in a lesser time; there-
fore II, requires a greater horsepower 10
accomplish II.
Tho 10000 mark for cars registered In New
York State IL not very far OF, for license tag
Il, sst was seoE yesteraaSy on machine tIsvsi-
city and throughout the State have been
registered IL is practically certain that the
numbe will reach ~, 1000. ,
Joe Tracy, Yho finished third IN the 1908
Vanderbilt cup race, yesterday depied the
report that he was to drive the Oldsmobiie
candidate for the American team In the com.
Ing contest for the Vanderbilt cup. He said
Oldsmobile racer would be thai OF adviser
to George W. Durham. who 70 supervising
the construction Of the car. Tracy has made
one visit to the factory 10 confer with Mr.,
Durham and expects to make another visit
alphabetically thet 70 fer as be knew the plan
been changed and he did not think that 1t
would be.
The very latest conceit In the line OF auto
mobile bodies arrived yesterday at O broad
way salssroom near Columbus Circle. il Is 4
runa6oHt body made %entirely, Of rattan, with
to a regular Corbin touring car chassis, and
behind the seats q slipping platform, also
where there Is room enough for Q ~t9nnsay.
pIntf0rm. and the raar half NJ tho nlatforpn In