Another Test of Alcohol as an Automobile Fuel.

Progress, Volume II, Issue 11, 2 September 1907, Page 399

Another Test of Alcohol as an Automobile Fuel.

(Scientific American.)

After having shown the possibilities of alcohol as a fuel for automibiles in the longdistance ran from New York to Boston last winter, the makers of the Maxwell automobile decided to see what can be done with this fuel under more favourable circumstances. In tfK first test extremely bad snow-covered roads were traversed, and the pulling power of the engine under these conditions was found to t?e- very good when alcohol was used as a fuel. In the present test, which was conducted by the Automobile Editor of this journal, some of the best and smoothest roads to be found in America were traversed at high speed. The test consisted of a run from Trenton, N.J., to Atlantic City, a stop being made at Philadelphia, Pa.

the alcohol and the gasoline engine. Several years ago, at tests in Vienna upon stationaryengines, it was found that alcohol will develop practically as much hoise-power, gallon for gallon, as will gasoline (and this notwithstanding the fact that alcohol has only about half as many heat units as has gasoline), provided that the two fuels are used in suitable engines. This result will probably never be attained in an automobile engine, as it is impossible to use such high compression as can be had with a stationary engine.