WATER INSTEAD OF PETROL.
Mr E. J. E. Strong, of SiclniOuth, claims lo have discovered a process l»y which water can be turned into the equivalent of petrol and that the spirit can be produced at -Id a gallon, as com- | pared with -s, at present price of petoug i.s a well-known motor- | and has taken pail in many reliabi--1 iiiy competitions. I went to Sldmoutli and asked Mr Strong for a dernonstraItion, but he respectfully declined, saying he had none of the ingredients with which he treated the water by him, | writes a London pressman, lie admitted that they could be obtained but it 1 would not be policy for him to get them locally, as he might be giving himself away. Asked to explain the process, Mr Strong said into half a gallon of water he poured a pinkish powder that | caused the water to effervesce, and then he poured in a fluid which carried in a ; phial. The treated water then had the qualities of petrol. He claimed that j it was equal to petrol in every way, I worked out at the same mileage, possessed the same pulling properties and at the end .of a run did not cause any , more carbonisation than petrol, lie j says he has already driven his machine. ! a 7-0 Harley -Davidson, 1,000 miles on j his fuel.
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Otaki Mail, 11 April 1923, Page 4
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