Word: petrole
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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More at ease, relaxing after the strenuous day, the Baron continued, speaking of the possibility of establishing lighter-than-air service between the two continents. "Just as electricity is superseding petrol and coal, so will the airplane outlast the Zeppelin. These craft are too unwieldy...
...earth. Captain Ludovic Arrachart and his brother Paul then cabled their whereabouts to the French Air Ministry, claiming a world's record non-stop flight of 2,484 miles in 26 % hours. Their speck had been a 550-horsepower Renault-motored airplane, starring with 3% tons of petrol...
...Platform steps Fenders . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mudguards or wings Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Windscreen Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .Headlamp Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dynamo Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accumulator or battery Gasket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Washer Truck . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Lorry Instrument board. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Facia board Transmission. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gearbox Emergency brake. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hand brake Choke . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .Strangler Sedan. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Saloon Propeller shaft . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . Cardan shaft Countershaft. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Layshaft Crank. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .Starting handle Connecting rod bearing. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .Big end Gasoline. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Petrol Duco (as general term). . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . Cellulose Gear shift . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Change speed lever Spark plug . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sparking plug Oil pan. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sump
...many years liners have used oil to heat the steam that drives the propeller, but the Gripsholm is the first big boat to be propelled directly by crude oil as a launch is propelled by petrol...
...message was not the first indication that the ship was in trouble. Commander John Rogers on the seaplane had reported to Naval listeners that headwinds had forced him to open his throttles in order to keep his headway?that his petrol tanks were consequently emptying too fast. This message of distress was regarded as distinctly alarming. It meant that the Frenchmen would retain for a while longer the non-stop flight record. Why, it might actually means that the Rogers and his men were in danger...