| Show 1 L LOSES 0 SES RET AND HIS CAR A certain gent gentleman loman bet ills his friends ho he could drop a lighted cigarette into the gasoline tank of his car and that the cigarette would simply be put out ills his friends took him up and the test was made when ho he dropped the cigarette there was no hesitation or delay he lost his bet a and nd his car too all he 9 gained were some painful burns a lot of excitement and an entirely new know knowledge ledge of the properties prope artles of gasoline perhaps the gent gentleman loma n had read somewhere that liquid gasoline wll will not fg ignite alte an exceedingly dangerous halt truth you cant have gasoline in an open vessel without also having the deadly gasoline vapor and the glowing butt must first pass through the vapor which Is ignited by the smallest of sparks this incident be a warning 9 to all that gaso gasoline line ignites easily great property damage results every year from accidents with petroleum P etro leum and its products and from their misuse reports to the national board of fire Under underwriters for the year 1928 indicated a total tire fire loss from this cause of over you play with dy dynamite give gasoline the same degree of respect |
