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(7) Because of the increased output without corresponding in- 

 crease in size, alcohol engines should sell for less per horsepower 

 than gasoline or kerosene engines of the same class. 



(8) The different designs of gasoline or kerosene engines are 

 not equally well adapted to the burning of alcohol, though all may 

 burn it with a fair degree of success. 



(9) Storage of alcohol and its use in engines is much less dan- 

 gerous than that of gasoline, as well as being decidedly more pleas- 

 ant. 



(10) The exhaust from an alcohol engine is less likely to be 

 offensive than the exhaust from a gasoline or kerosene engine, al- 

 though there will be some odor, due to lubricating oil and imperfect 

 combustion, if the engine is not skillfully operated. 



(11) It requires no more skill to operate an alcohol engine 

 than one intended for gasoline or kerosene. 



(12) There is no reason to suppose that the cost of repairs and 

 lubrication will be any greater for an alcohol engine than for one 

 built for gasoline or kerosene. 



(13) There seems to be no tendency for the interior of an 

 alcohol engine to become sooty, as is the case with gasoline and 

 kerosene. 



(14) With proper manipulation, there seems to be no undue 

 corrosion of the interior due to the use of alcohol. 



(15) The fact that the exhaust from the alcohol engine is not 

 as hot as that from gasoline and kerosene engines seems to indicate 

 that there will be less danger from fire, less offense in a room 

 traversed by the exhaust pipe, and less possibility of burning the 

 lubricating oil. This latter point is also borne out by the fact that 

 the exhaust shows less smokiness. 



(16) In localities where there is a supply of cheap raw mate- 

 rial for the manufacture of denatured alcohol, and which are at 

 the same time remote from the source of supply of gasoline, alcohol 

 may immediately compete with gasoline as a fuel for engines. 



(17) If, as time goes on. kerosene and its distillates become 

 scarcer and dearer by reason of exhaustion of natural deposits, the 

 alcohol engine will become a stronger and stronger competitor, with 

 a possibility that in time it may entirely supplant the kerosene and 

 gasoline engines. 



(18) By reason of its greater safety and its adaptability to the 

 work, alcohol should immediately supplant gasoline for use in boats. 



(19) By reason of cleanliness in handling the fuel, increased 

 safety in fuel storage, and less offensiveness in the exhaust, alcohol 

 engines will, in part, displace gasoline engines for automobile work, 

 but only when cost of fuel for operation is a subordinate considera- 

 tion. In this field it is impossible to conveniently increase the com- 

 pression because of starting difficulties, so that the efficiency can not 

 be improved as conveniently as in other types of engines. 



(20) In most localities it is unlikely that alcohol power will 

 be cheaper or as cheap as gasoline power for some time to come. 

 (F. B. 274, 277, 269.) 



