Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-04-22
MAY RUN AUTOMOBILES
WITH COAL OIL AS FUEL

! oH 'Oil on fhNtllH seven cents n gal
/ lon. You will not be- cmancipatcd
/ entirely from gasoline. for YOU will
need II spoonful or two 10 prime with
in starting your ear
The feature of the new invention
j. the insertion of the flow pipe for
the coal oil inside the cXau-l pipe.
The heat from he cNausl thu, heats
The coal oil lothc gaseous state. By
the time il i sucked mp to the en-
trance ports on the cylinders il t.,
in condition Ia be- mixed with air and
drawn into the cylinders. where il il
/ exploded. The old-limr rarburrtur.
with H. many intricate valves aud
springs, j. dome away with. In lis
stead l. u simple miNiu. valve.
Your ear will run further on a cal
Ion of I-ccnl coal oil than il will ON
lj-ccml gasoline. In some engines
there will be- almost a - per cent
increase in mileage. But in all en-
gincN there is bound to be- more power
developed with coal oil than with
gasoline. Dr. Walter NJ. Cross, city
chemist, says that i because oil
weighs more than gasoline
The man who has made possible
the apparently successful substiu-
lion of coal oil for gasoline in motor
car, i, Arthur {. Brooke of The
Brooke Automobile Company, 31Ol
Main street. lie ha, applied to the
| Government for patent ON u method
Of vaporlzmg coal ola means of
converting the oil into gas, It has
been = difficult thing Do do lhi- 80
that perfect combustion would take
plac" IN the cylinders of motor ear.
tractor or stationary engine
EXPERIAlENTED on 1909 MODEL
Brooke Is an expert machaulcian
with an inventive tendency. Ont in
the garage on South Main street he
has planned aud tiukcred and worked
for months ON the principle of ear
bureiing coal oil. Al most all his cx-
perlments have been cadc ON the en-
CINE of an old 1909 model ear.
The lights have often burned late
at night while Brooke tried 10 coax
a reluctant engine to forsake It's ac-
cu>tomed diet of gasoline and digest
coal oil instead. At first il only
splutlrrcd and fumed and smoked
There was 50 much thick blue smoke
from the engines exhaust that
Brooke and Ed Shores. his assistant,
We're driven ont into the street for
air But Brooke never gave up. He
finally hit upon the idea. Now he
laughs when he recalls his first I'M
certain groupings after the solution.
CONVERTS OIL INTO GAS
Brooke merely has employed the
principle of applying heat to coal oil
to convert the oil into Il gas and then
eifccting a mixture of the gas and air
for combustion purposes. After the
oil has been transformed into gas it
is mixed with the air and fed into
the cylinders just the same as gaso-
line, The resultant explosion when
the gas comes in contact with the
spark furnishes the propelling force
as every motorlst, of course, know,
COAL OIL CAR IN ACTION
The writer saw the oil driven mo.
tor engine in action and went for a
ride with Brooke at the wheel This
is what happened. Shores cranked
the ear while Brooke turned the
spigot of a small can of gasoline fas-
tened to the footboard Of the car and
allowed enough gasoline to prime with
to run into the mixer The engine
started off at once and almost n
quickly as he could shut off the gas.
oline and turn on the coal oil. Brooke
got into the ear and drove out of the
garage.
Up hill and down the ear ran
smoothly. There was more blue
smoke climbing hills than the average
ear leaves behind, but the inventor
says this can be reduced.
TllROTTLED DOWN Low, TOO
Here's something they said |
couldn't do" said Brooke, accclcrai-
ing the engine by Jerks, 81 that it
jumped when the throttle was opened,
then settled down To- a slower gait,
then jumped forward again. There
was no doubt about the power behind
the engine, The ear climbed hills rs
easily H. u ear running on gasoline
just ahead.
"Throttlr down low" Brooke wa
asked. lie did 50 too often and hi,
engine went dead. 1t has happened
hundreds of times with gasoline. The
ear scarcely came 10 stop as Shores
leaped out and crankcd up again
there was no self starter on the ear
and. the coal oil continued to flow.