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Show WILL TEST HEATING VALUE OF FUEL OILS WASHINGTON. Auar. 1. Th bureau of mine na undertake exhaustive tests to determine the heating value of fuel oil, aa la don In tooting coal, for th purpoee of axing th prle of oil oM to tha sov-ernment sov-ernment from any given locality. These testa are expected to be of a-roei value to western oil operator la accurately determining de-termining the heat value of their products, prod-ucts, and whll the teat ar to a eon-ducted eon-ducted aa a matter of protection to the government In Its purchase of fuel oil. th reeulte may be uaed to advantage by those engaged la aelilivg fuel oil in other markets. Tha bureau of arlna ha fee lyd many tnqulrle from private eoacoma regarding regard-ing fuel oil specific. ttoos and the eam- Kllng of purchasee. In reply, th bureau as now laaued a technical paper fuHy covering th subject which, although Intended In-tended primarily for th guMane of gwv-erament gwv-erament ofrhslals, will be of Mrvlc to all who buy or sell fuel oil. In Inviting bids for furnwhlni fuel oil. the government oalla attention to the fact that ir samples eontahs more than I per cent water, more than 1 per cant of sulphur sul-phur or more than a trao of aaad or mud. they will be rejected. Coplae of th oO circular. Technical Paper No. a," may b bad by aadreeslng th director of th burma of mine. Washington. |