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Show NEW AUTO FUEL"1 USED IN BRITAIN Production of Benzol Expected to Rival That of Gasoline Throughout Country In most of the European countries,1 where every gallon of motor spirits lias to be Imported, they are using bensol The war gAve the first real Impetus to the production of benzol In quantity by the scientific carbonl-1 zatlon of coal by the linjllsh. who found that the extraction of benzol .from the coal gas meant no 'oss of illuminating power, and f the I 7.O00.-000 7.O00.-000 tons of coal used in Hrllish cus works In 1 1 8. 6.000,000 tons von sclent I fieallj treated and an output; of 42.000.000 gallons of benzol obtain-, ed. Kngland in 1911 consumed for do-1 nitstb purposes' alone more than two hundred million tons of coal. The total amount of benzol required Is two hun-' dred million gallons, which could be! obtained easily by treating only a small part of COSJ burned in British grates and furnaces. Benaol Does Not injure Motors. For some time benzol MTSJ out of favor owing to Its supposed bad effect on the automobile motor, but a ten thousand mile icsl Willi a slten-horse slten-horse power car showed conclusive!) no injury to the euglno and highly satisfactory inlli-uge per gallon. The dlatancp uven J witn eiK'niy gallon. of gasoline UeiiZol is now In i.iv ib -llvered In fifty-gallon drums thruout the industrial centers of EEngland. and the main problem Is one t distribution, distribu-tion, the fifty-gallon dtum having to compete with the tso-gi iton gasoline tin, which can be obtained In ev- r English village und roadside station In New York, during the past wewk, several experiments have been conducted con-ducted to prove the value of B new substitute for gasolln.- The substitute substi-tute is composed 0 per rent Indus trial alcohol and 10 per rtl vegetable oils. This substitute, the Inventoi claims, is fre. and independent of all Oil and mining Industries. Any vegetable veg-etable containing starch. sugr or cellulose cel-lulose can be utilized for its manufacture. manu-facture. 'i esl i i in mi i rate I'alm sa I "he! Tho following tests were given io demonstrate the value of tnls new substitute. First, a typical motor, such as Is used In many different makes Of '-lomobiles. '-lomobiles. was run with ilie BUbStitUti Then t tie exhaust and piimlng cups were opened wide and the tngim run at high speed. The fumes were discharged dis-charged directly Into the room, and yet there was no odor, and no disagreeable dis-agreeable effects were felt, thus proving prov-ing the fuel gave off no poisonous funit I, A small quantity of the fuel was plaoSd un ihc iloor and lighted It ourned with a bluish flame. No smoke was given of as was the case w hen a similar amount of gasoline was burned, thug proving, the Inventor lalms, that the fuel would not cause carbon. The alcohol is made by one formula only, which on completion of the process of distillation, need not be treated in any special way in order io be utUlsable i juice i stored Poi Fermentation: Fibrous or cellulose material Is first ' a Into pulp, tljen placed In a com- presslOn cooler, where, upon the addl-j addl-j lion of sufficient water, it is boiled i under u pressurs of fifty to sixty pounds for thin) hours. The Juice ; obtained is put in fermentation tanks and the bacteria added Water was thrown on the new fuel while burning and the flame extinguished. extin-guished. Similar experiment with j gasoline caused the flame to spread. Examination of the substitute whet, mixed with water showed it had changed from u light yellow, Its original orig-inal color, to a milky wnlte This was a h. niical change, the inventor e.-plalnsd, e.-plalnsd, and meant that the fuel coubi not be diluted. I Another test was given to prove I that the new fuel is heavier Hun I gasoline and would not mix with it This new fuel, the Inventor claims, can bo sold cheaper than gasoline, due to the fact that alcohol, which Is the larger part, can be made cheaper i ha ii heretofore. Present plans include having the new substitute manufactured in breweries, brew-eries, which can start work after a j few minor changes in their equipment. oo |