Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-01-19
LIBERTY FUEL GIVEN
OFFICIAL TESTING OUT
s.,,,r In weight Carried Hut Fall,
short of Possible
Horsepower.
Definite OPINION WITHHELD
>r~ Fuel SIN Depends Largely On
the Production Of
Petroleum.

ALA okla. Jan. ls-C y. Per
,o,. tircctor ~ the educational bu-
,,,u Of the United States fuel ad.
,,Ir,s,r,tinn at Washington, gives
o,, through the office ~ y a
xo,ris state fuel administrators. tho
,,l,lvtng information relative to the
.o called new aviation fuel
Tho I'nited states fuel administrn. .
t,nn witch has received many re
on..ts concerning an aviation furl
called Liberty Fuel" has made
nuhIIr Information as to H. including
Inc results of various Investigations
,,y,ring its composition. The await.
,bl, supply OF ingredients aud its cf
,e,ency trnts made In the aeronautlc
migratory OF the United States army
and placcd nj the disposal OF the
fuel administration, resulted In IN.
,ormniion that the fuel was made
nm Of approximately 6b per cent of
bepyol 20 10 80 per cent OF kerosene
and tho renal nder of u small per.
rsn,,gr ~ amyl acetate and probab bly,
naphihalene and alcohol together
with perhaps small quantities OF dis
solved solids and other volatile
Iouida as yet undetermined ON
"
available supply Of fuel must de.
mend on the available supply of
benyol It's chief constituent In
y,siigatlon IN thia direction showed
,b,t n the total production OF bcnEol
"a 5OO barrels a day were 80 used
40 total production OF liberty fuel
would be about , per cent OF the
present output 81 gasoline, which IN
lt.f t.l.
wear Renzol however. has other
uses. notably grease extraction and
as "A solvent for rubber A cumming
and rnrrosion test also conducted In
the aeronnutic laboratory OF the
army showed no perceptihle cor
rosion but IA tremendous amount of
cumming" The tendency Of tho
rlmmy resNue In the fuel would he
10 Mug up carbureterr. fuel admin
istrator experts said.
In the same army laboratory test
crystallation was found TO set In at
is desrees (rahr.) and 10 be prac-
,icallv complete at rs degrees
tFahr1 Rolling started thTb de-
grera tFahr) as against an initial
boiling point OF not more than ito
degrees for motor gasoline. indicnt-
INK starting qualities for motor
gasoline
The bureau Of standards stated re
suits Of tests In an aviation engine
Indicate that "I.iborty Fuel" COM
pared with gasoline fulfilling the e1-
port specifications for aviation. gaso-
line will. when consuming 10 per
cent greater weigh, OF fuel per
horsepower hour. develop about !
per cent horsepower. The spark plug
used In Liberty Fuel" showed a
slightly greater carbon deposit than
the plugs used In the run OF export
gasoline.
Information furnished. the fuel nd-
ministration by the navy department
stated that n flight 81 10 minutes
vas made with the fuel and that no
observations were made whirh show
that the fuel would accomplish any
other results than to operate the en-
ginc In u manner similar tn the
aviation fuel which has been used
Arrangements were made the navy
department reported. for sufficient
quantities ot the fuel 10 make full
teas hut the fuel was not supplied
letter from Benedict crowen.
assistant secretary of war. said The
situation has not reached such .
stage that this office feels that any
definite announcement can he made
or that II can express "A definite opin.
Ion As TO the true merits OF the fuel"