The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-22

prohibits the consideration of naptll. a1erle as a practical substitute.
 Creosote has also been suggested as an available fuel It is like wise 70 per cent of napthalene, and the objections to the latter apply to ere 7 s. while the above are the more inn portal1t materials proposed. there are a number Of other manufactured fuels which. however. are unworthy of con sideration because even if produced ent day gasoline. the commercial sup ply would be negligible, especially as they comprise one or more of the ma feriais already named. Therefore, in the search for fuel for small en- zines. such as are require for auto mobiles motor boats, aeroplanes. etc. it is necessary to consider the lini- faIs which can be produced econoIni- cally in unlimited quantities.
 IAochol as a Fuel.
 s.Alcohors is associated in the pub- lie mind with either s.woodi' non potable) or ethyl. (potabIe9 spirits Tn this lecture we will treat only of the latter commodity. The word sal- coh6I'' is of Arabic origin, and the ill- velation of the art of alcoholic distil- latton is accredited to the Arabs. Ethyl alcohol was original fly bout the eighth century obtained by dis tilIation or wine and was used prin- eipaily as a medicine-in fact, as a certain panacea for all human ills. Raymond Lu1lius, the explorer who commanded several African expedi- tions, acquired Knowledge of the process of it's making and doubtless was the first to introduce alcohol in f.-1 t-< thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries extended the use of alcohol. and pro- .duced what Is known as Brandy" In the latter form 1t was heraIded as a Drewentative of the recurring cpl denies such as the pest or plague. The distillation of alcohol from grain became known in the sixteenth cen- tury and that it's volume reached for 1nidabIe proportions may be assumed from the fact that the authorities is- sued interdictions against it upon the theory that too much grain would be withdrawn from other channels of trade and that in case of g. crop faiI- ure a dearth of bread corn might result.
 Ethyl alcohol is now manufactured from various materials containing SUI gar or starch, the principal su bstances being Indian corn, maize. rye, wheat, barley. rice potatoes, beets, fruits, raolasses and other direct or Indirect products of the soil It is manifest therefore, that the sources of alcohol are inexhaustabie, or, as it has been otherwise expressed, alcohol can be produced as long as the sun shines and the rain falls. .
 Without encumbering your minds with a technical description of the process of ethyl alcohol distillation, it can be stated to be quite simple, re- quirfng apparatus that is readily ob- tafnabIe in practically all commercial markets of the world. The cost of a plant is dependent upon the desired capacity thereof, and, of course. the larger the plant the more econoni- cal the operation.
 Aside from it's world wide utiliza- ten in the field of beverages, ethyl alcohol Is considered to be one of the most valuabIe-if not fndispensa l0le solvents and extractors known to the srfs and industries. It is the base Of all perfumery and is used in enor- nous quantities in the manufacture Of piarnnaceutlcals chemicals, com fecttonery.s sznokeless powder. isweIry,