Word: fueled
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Fuel substitutes of various types are the subject of active experimentation, out of which it seems probable that revolutionary developments will come in the near future...
...temperature system invented by Charles C. Bussey, of New York, is in successful operation at Louisville, Ky. It differs in method from the Piron system, but gives somewhat similar results. It utilizes inferior bituminous coal and oil shale, and yields by-products of fuel oil, gas, ammonia and benzol, while eliminating sulphur and phosphorus from the coke...
...Bureau of Mines, under 0. P. Hood, Chief Mechanical Engineer, is working on a process to produce lignite char, a fuel similar to anthracite, but softer. In Germany this material is widely used for heating and cooking, but the competition of high-grade coals has kept it back in America. With the gradually increasing scarcity of good anthracite and bituminous, lignite will become a valuable substitute...
...process, by conducting the distillation of the coal at low temperature, sacrifices about half of the maximum obtainable illuminating gas, as well as ammonium sulphate. On the other hand, the illuminating gas resulting from the new process is of a better quality, and five times the amount of motor fuel oil is obtained, in addition to benzine, pitch, creosote and innumerable coal tar products...
...Harvest Time Is Here " was taken as the watchword and the young people were called "harvest hands." Their attention and enthusiasm was directed to the following points: World Court, the twelve-hour day in industry, religious as well as secular education, prohibition, prohibition of poppy growing. The Colorado Fuel and Iron Company and the International Harvester Company were commended for their enlightened policy toward labor. At Winona Lake, Ind., assembled a Christian Citizenship Conference. There were present over 5,000 delegates from the United States and 30 foreign countries. This conference is sponsored by the National Reform Association, an organization...