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Show New German Engine Will Burn Puh2rized Coal A new internal-combustion engine has been developed in Germany which operates upon pulverized coal or oil. It has been also run satisfactorily on fuels made of dust of peat, rice husks and meal. The motor can be switched from coal to oil without stopping operation. oper-ation. For coal operation the pulverized pulver-ized dust is drawn into a chamber adjacent adja-cent the firing cylinder, compressed by air and then forced into the explosion chamber. The engine starts without other fuel than its powdered coal. |