The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-12
AMONG THE AUTOnOBILlSrS
.sOlTD PETROL" HAS No GREAT
ACQUAINTANCE HERE.
EnSineers Don't knew About Dssres.
er, departed From Abroad sod
story % . Gar That was Once. but
Now Il Not Meetings of show Wfeh.

which Il was said. has many virtues
| Among other things, u burns Sitnous
smell or smoke. lis cost 10 two-thirds that
! OF the liquid II eliminates the use OF car
buseter. is safely portable IN wooden
box or even wrapped In paper. ahords
| complete combustion. Is OF greater smooth-
nes- than the liquid, will develop greater
power and Is easily convertible into liquid.
| The despatch told further that Crude
oil and paraffin can bs solidned by the
same process The man who was showing
the stun IN London said that At Is possible
to run an automobile with solid parafiln
| lie also talked OF using solid petrol for ship
engines. lamps and other purposes.
Naturally anything that Is good enough
TO do away with the carbure,er and 10
cheaper by a third than ordinary petrol
or gasolene Is bound to be interesting TO
motorists here as we'll as the other side.
Inquiry was made OF several scientists
here. men who are familiar with oils and
fuels but the net result was 70 discover
that most Of them had not yet encountered
the substance.
Prof Charles r Lucke OF Columbia. who
has conducted many experiments with
fuels had something to say about tho cable
despatch which however did not furnish
the details that a man OF science would
have 20 have before he could arrive ar
definite conclusion on the merits Of the stun,
Something over a year ago. says Prof..
Lucke. there was brought into my ONO"
two samples Of solidifed petroleum dis
tiIlatrS one Of wiAch was claimed IN hc
-olIdified gasoene and the other kerosene.
for the purpose of examination and test
As remember the case there was no suR-
gcs,ion on the par, OF the people who had
prrpa red these solididifed oils 70 use them
in internal combustion engines. rather
think they had before them the lamp appli-
cation on moderate heating either cake.
which re.embled "A piece OF sun Jelly. would
give on yapor in much the same way "a
does IN. paraffin or tailow candle. but
rather more frosty
TO apply ths.. solidiied oils 90 internal
combustion engines would appear 90 me TO
b, rather A difiicuI, problem, and so far as
TIM. par,iCIlar treatment necessary to their
.rplicntion 10 th. engine L. concerned |
should say they would he less adapt hle
than in m. common LIQUID form. OF course
/, may ~. tina, somsbody has invented n
way OF manning mem 49,, =. Use, ..,
! can 500 that invention ~ou'u ne Required
~ no procedure now properly clas-ed as
x,a,d, 81 n,a,,tce would silfYiC.
%, -. 80, a ,,, ,,,,..,,,n ,ho,,, , hs
VI ''''~ " - s. it -
convenience OF handing 'ha' "o"lh o"
all ia favor OF the solicited form. but II Ia
nui-. ro--ihl. that this obvious advanta &c
,',,,t, 10 .,r,,I.r.Iv ofY.a, nv the di.ad
- =
Nahtag" OF 'ne new a"u P'~S'"'' "'o'e wa"
plica'ed mechanism necessary 10 secure
from ,h. solid fuel an explosive mixture
aht.n b.. ,h. prtp.. rratIi-l,e OF all internal
"h't" ~ VI" p''"'' W "''
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The clipping states that the soIid FORM
would b. cheaper than the liquid form
ms seems 20 me 10 ue an a"V =, .,. In
dr'"h y. I"n'' s,is'' -, ~ 49,
obvious that some operation must De per
formed on IN. liuuid 10 get u in the solid
-,a-. and how.yar simple that operation
a.. 80 .,,, ',,..,,,,a
" mh-' COSY """'"' hhH c"hh'' '''Ia me
therefore, how the SOLID form could ne
cheaper than n" liquid from which IL came =
Lr.nL Harrt. FLOYD OF Detroit who IL
80, 49,. =, ~ ~, ,n,.,,,,,
10 t""a p"P'i '' r.
OF IN" society OF Au'o,iloo , hnH"r
such uroc.s- whereby hydro-carbon OILS
- =. .,,,.,-,ad ,,,, soIida nd ,h.n I'D
cah U" '"ii. " , nv 1a',.. 80
fuel H. one III heat value. lie must IN
douht.dIy eliminate the light hons
solids INTO a ga- This OF course i only a
-tIppo-Irinn On III. face OF ~ u does nO'
rad. would have TO know more abou, il
than the information given in The cabl.
i..pat on To- paa- upon n "a worthy OF notice
n.nry Sorith.r of hartford STATE Chem
~ of Connection. saws IN "A letter III.
- ritter knows nothing about so called solid
p..trol This substance was noted some
since, " nat ~ might he
= har something oil the kind il pny-ically
H., - xiSr.pca may lie quite. irlIe hut that N i.
finally solid p.troI.um or solid ga-ol.n.
iIL ON. az Iho-. rni-l.a,Iin mn me. inyen ted
IN attract attention / would like very
much 10 vet a sample. of tbs. stuN whatever
| 80 4.
solid n,rafYin - ano,her matter What
o.. all p,r,ifin on Tins sid. ~ the water
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