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ETHYL CORPORATION RESEARCH LABORATORIES 1600 WEST EIGHT MILE ROAD FERNDALE 20 DETROIT, MICHIGAN Jan ur, r y 2 5, 194 9 'Or . Robert A. Kehoe Colie re of Medicine University of Cincinnati Eden Avenue Cincinnati 19, Ohio Sub.je ct: Yitol Hu id Dear Bob : I quote the following from FORTUNE, January 1949, nap;e 118: "....The Vitameter has worked itself into an economic box, too. For -the special fuel it uses can also double as an antifreeze, so that to dis courage its use as an antifreeze it is being sold at the alcohol antifreeze level of sfl ,20 a gallon, though it ought to be cheaper. This may be simply an index of artificially high anti freeze prices, out it is an example of the kind of cropper even the best technical de\relcements can take." It is, .indeed, a strange situation to try to develop a market for a new product, but to deliberately price it higher than it should be, merely to prevent its being diverted into another equally attractive market. '.cite aside from that factor, however, the introduction into radiators of an aqueous methanol solution of TEL would constitute a very serious hazard. By reference to our report on the subject you will see that the concentration of tetraethyllead in the vap or above the liquid will be very high, especially at operating temperature, such as when the service man takes off the radiator cap to check the level. Ve rv s inc e re 1 y y o ur s, Geo r ge C a 1 in ga e r t C :C