LIQUID FUEL FOR STEAMSHIPS.
The Shell Transport; andTradj| Company, of London, hag lone of iflteamships plying betweein Engjfe and Borneo .driven, entirely by |la.ns of liquid fuel, a jbhai i b c Btati<|B being established fcrj replenishing joe petroleum. The J result of experiments shows that a vesssl of} 3500 ton driven by liqmid fuel irequires only tlfee firemen as against the lj? or 20 jecsssary when coal isi utilises. Tha heating power of the (liquid fuel is spd to be from 60 Ko l(f»0 per cent, hig'er than ordinary coalj while the storge space required is about one-half. The fuel is residual frjom crude pecrlleum, is non-explosivej and of the constancy of thin treacle. , There is no sinke, grit, or dust, I
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 35, 11 February 1902, Page 2
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123LIQUID FUEL FOR STEAMSHIPS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 35, 11 February 1902, Page 2
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