The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-05-28
new LIQUID
DISCOVERY
Saves fuel
sCoIloidaT' Is Expected to
Solve Oil and Coal
Problem
By PAUL n. WILSON

SAN FRANCISCO. May sS.--Sci'
ence has come TO the rescue OF the
worlds rapidly dwindiing fuel supply
Tho serious danger OF oil reserve
exhaustion win be removed by a
discovery which win not only double
the worlds fuel supply. hut viii
make the use OF that fuel 40 cheap
thai the cost of freight. manufacture
ing and production is expected to
drop as soon as It's employment Is
made common.
This iS not the dream OF an over.
enthusiastic amateur. but the solemn
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF an engineer and
scientist of world vnown. lAndon
W. Bates. Bates Is given credit for
having developed the hydraulic
dr~dge. as well as many other mo
rhanical appliances. and did invaiu.
able work during the war as head
Of the Submarine Defense assoeia'
ton
DISCOVERY To BE CALLED
COIl.OlDM FUEL
his uLN0NNtts -
which Is here made for the first
time. viii be called cofiotdal fuel.
and Is an outcome OF Bates re
searches during the war for a fuel
which. while easily handled In liquid
form. still would not make necessary
the transportation across the At
lantfc OF enormous quantities OF fuel
-Ss al fsar nf
enemy submarines With the new
discovery IL became possible to ship
10 England half the previous amount
or oil. mix II with English coal and
still have the same amount OF
lfuuid fuel as was being transported
before colloidal was perfected
Hundreds OF millions Of dollars
usll be saved annually to railroads
the word over. manufacturer and
other big users OF fuel oil. and thru
them to the ultimate consumer. IL Is
declared.
Bates discovery win be made
available to all users Of either coal
r. oil.
Low grade coal. which has here
eofore becn considered useless for
fuel purposes, viii Immediately as
0ume value commensurate with that
q coal of hi~h~r test. For Bates
nsw fuel will 10 about Is per cent
coal and S. per cent crude oil. II lie
described by Bates as merely the
suspension Of puivcrtzrd carton
from coal In the hydrocarbonatcs
That make oil. the two being stahil
kEed BY the introduction of a small
percentage OF saponifsed substance
% keep the solid carbon PARTICLES
from settling
TESTED By NATIONAL
FIRE UNDERWRITERS
The new fuel has been thorosy
1ns1ed by the National Board Of Fire
Underwriters. and pronounced the
safest fuel yet devised. II has been
given an unusually low insurance
rating. since its flash and ignition
points are high. and IL can. unlike
III. be easily auenched by water.
The immense waste now involved
- Transporting coal will be eitmin-
ated a. all fine particles broken of
n carrying win be available In the
manufacture Of the new product
The new fuel win be of great Inn
portance not only in the reduction
81 operating expenses OF industries.
and the conserving Of the present oil
supply. but win also be OF great as
otstznce TO the navy in that II win
greatly enlarge the cruising radius
~ vessels.
Tests made with y. s. naval YES
eeis have proved Bates new compo-
aition TO be the most economical as
well as the most efficient fuel yet
found Bates Is also negotiating with
Che large railroad systems OF the
country. and it is expected that col
loidal viii shortly come into univer-
sai use for transportation and in
oustrial purposes
Scientists and Industrial en-
gineers who have studied Bates
new discovery state that II is the
biggest discovery to result from
the millions OF inventions and re
searches made during the war.