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d their position very carefully to us and
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ed their position very carefully to us and
have expressed their willingness to CO.
operate with us in carrying out this
work The national association itself
is fully competent to undertake the in
vestigation, since the subject is one OF
so broad a nature and one so vital to
the interests of all it's members, and.
what is more, 1t Is prepared to stand
behind any conclusion that may be finally
approved, in addition to lending its as
sistance to the work.
And most important of all he con-
cluded. lis the question of locating the
fuel supply of the future. 1t will not be
supplying a million automobiles with fuel
in the United States alone. So that 1t
will not be enough merely to adopt kerO-
sene carburetors. unless We can be sure
that the supply of kerosene will increase
as fast as the demand for it increases.
That is the great question for which we
must find an answer.
President Marmon's Views.
President Howard Marmon of the So
ciety of Automobile Engineers, who was
detained in Indianapolis while getting
his factory back into running order after
a brief partial interruption by the flood,
communicates his views of the undertake
ing briefly. as follows:
1.-The development Of improved methods
of carburetion, particularly of methods
applicable to heavier grades of fuel, is
directly in line with the Standardization
work in which the society is so actively
engaged at the present time, though
somewhat in advance of any that is at
present under way. Under our constitu-
ton the society is not permitted to en-
is 1t permitted to approve or adopt any
standards or formulas, nor to approve
any commercial or engineering enter
prise. 1t is, however, empowered to ap-
point committees to investigate any sub
jects coming directly within it's field, and
to approve or reject the findings Of such
committees.
For this reason it would be impossible
for the society, or any committee dele
gated by 1t to undertake a study of the
the design Of any single form of car
buretor. for example, or to approve or
recommend any proprietary fuel COM
pound or any definite method of process
of manufacturing a fuel. At the same
time 1t is within the province of the
society to undertake an investigation of
the laws governing carburetion with a
view to determining what physical or
chemical properties are most desirable
in fuel and how best it may be applied,
anu " mus tStdDllSH OeUn1te relations
between the requisite velocities, volumes
and temperatures.
Similarly, 1t is empowered to frame
rules for standard methods Of test where
by inventions or proprietary products
may be investigated and to publish the
results of tests made according to such
rules in its transactions. To do so, in
fact. is one of its most important func-
tons. since 1t arrays before it's members
the scientific facts concerning important
matters in an orderly and authentic man.
ner.
In undertaking the technical side of
this investigation of automobile fuels
feel that We are entering upon one of
the most important tasks that have yet
come within the province of the society
In conducting a purely scientific study
of fuels and their application in the
automobile engine. we are not only per-
forming natural service to the society,
whose membership is representative of
the automobile industry as a whole, but
We are seeking to perform a public serv-
ice winch cannot fail to be of lasting
benefit to very great number