AndyH
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Found this today - enjoy a report from the world that existed before there was a gas station on nearly every corner. Set the Wayback Machine to St Louis in 1909, will you Sherman?
The gent that oversaw the testing was the engineer in charge of the producer-gas section of the USGS tech branch. Yes - folks familiar with the use of wood gas and ethanol in engines evaluated this new-fangled mineral fuel as "provided for by acts of Congress."
The gent that oversaw the testing was the engineer in charge of the producer-gas section of the USGS tech branch. Yes - folks familiar with the use of wood gas and ethanol in engines evaluated this new-fangled mineral fuel as "provided for by acts of Congress."
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/0392/report.pdfAn alcohol engine with the maximum degree of compression for alcohol will have an available horsepower 30 per cent greater than a gasoline engine of the same cylinder size, stroke, and speed.