The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-03-13
new FUEL FOR
AUTOS FOUND
Has Double the Efficiency Of
Gasoline.
PREPARATION KEPT SECRET
The Basic Properties of Liquid Hidden
Because II Could Be Made In the
Home-Patents Would Not Protect
Inventor-Has Proved a Success In
Tests For Two Years.

tests for Wo years.
Attempts to solve the fuel problem
for automobiles grow more numerous
each day Many inventors are work
ing with this end in view. and several
lines of endeavor in the field have al
ready been outlined Still another
based upon new liquid. the compost
ton of which is held secret, is now be-
ing demonstrated in New York. Dou-
BILE the efficiency Of gasoline, gallon for
gallon, is claimed for this product,
which is also intended for lighting and
heating purposes for houses.
A number of patents cover the gen
orator in which the liquid is mixed
with air and the appliances for use of
the resultant gas. such as lamps, can
dies, heaters and an automobile self
starter. In motorcar use the liquid is
not vaporized and the generator takes
the place Of a carbUretor, the gas and
air being then drawn into the cylinder
and fired in the usual way.
Manufacture Simple.
1t is said by those who plan to put
this fuel on the market that its manu-
facture is exceedingly simple and that
were it a patented instead of secret |
process the inventor would be robbed |
of his deserts, because the formula |
could be obtained from the patent Of
60 thn 10 Of 4
could be put on the market at large |
profit. they say, at 20 cents a gallon. |
and if the claim of double gasoline eff
cheney worked out in practical expert
ence this would. of course. mean a saw
ing of more than half at the present
price of gasoline.
Motorcars have been in operation in
Buffalo on this fuel for about two
years without carboniZation or deposit
in the cylinders and have shown good
results both in power and mileage. T.
II. Pollock. a mechanical engineer OF
Pa, recently. experiment
ed with the fuel in his thirty-five horse
power car and wrote as follows of his
experiences with the liquid, which has
been named after its inventor
1.-The carburetor was removed. tenn
porary mixer was attached to the man.
fold and the generator connected to
the mixer by means Of three-quarter
nch rubber hose. The mixer was con-
1ected up to the throttle lever. which
enabled the driver TO control the gas
Ind air from the wheel
How It Worked.
After a run of a few miles a knock |
developed in the cylinder. Not know
ng what caused 1t, the machine was
'un back TO the garage and the rods
md cylinders examined. and it was
ound that all carbon had been remov-
d and the cylinders were very bright
III would have to be used. This was
lone. The run WAS continued until
eventy-one miles had been made; then
he carburetor was replaced. connec-
ions made to the gasoline tank and a
un of seventy-one miles was made.
When the comparison was made it
7as found that the consumption of
quid was 23, to in favor of the new
Quid.
Derivation a Secret.
1t could not be learned whether the !,
Quid was derived from a petroleum :
r a spirit base. The expert who :,
as charge of it in New York said
9th sources could be used for its man.
facture, and added that if the restric-
ons were removed from wood alcohol
could be made still more cheaply
IAN at present, perhaps for or
ents a gallon. The gas had little odor
; it came from the generator and Il
ractically none after it had been burnt I
stationary engine. Only the slight Ia
It air pressure-or suction-was need
! TO cause the generator to operate, e
-eathing into it being quite sufficient. t
he engine operated smoothly and Il
lere was no missing or irregularity a
the explosion. The generator is a
ries of trays with upright wicks, Ia
hich take up the liquid to a point of Il
zion hiIac xvaiphS | IL