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jiTiiYLGaso l ine Corporat ion XIa n u f a c t u r in g a n d T r a f f i c De p a r t m e n t y-s*llPON0*NCE mora^dUEi to: ' Hr-. C. ^5. Lewis MAIL ADDRESS: BOX 1271. WILMINGTON. DEL, FREIGHT ADDRESS: CARNEY'S POINT, N. J. TELEPHONE: PENNSGROVE. N. J. 230 EXTENSION 390 October 4, 1230 Last week Mr, Baldwin brought to the plant cert lie. E-1216 which he picked up at Ambler Brothers, Philadelphia. The contents were reputedly a sample of straight uncolored tetraethyl lead which one of their acquaintances claims he obtains f^f\,Lis racing cars or boats, as the case may be. Ambler Brothers hot disclose the name of the person from whoa the material wal'^obtained, nor the original source. However, frexn conversation Baldwin, it is rjy understanding that ho has an indirect, inference that the material originated from the Eastman Kodak Company*. \This my or my not be true. \ / Analysis showed the mterial to hsybya specific gravity of 1.625 at S00.. and its tetraethyl'lead contelit was 97.65?;- by the iodine 4 \ . ,/\ titration method. Unquestionabiy..the.Jnaterial is comercial tetraethyl lead. The size of the sefiaple was approximately 250 ec. There is one puzzling detail with regard to this sample. Can No. E-1216 contained E2IYLTieddflujLd when shipped originally to Ambler Brothers. They report- that tha,.-can was washed out carefully xvltr. gasoline before transferring the special sample to it. Strange to say, the sample was rather blue in color, approximately equal to the color strength of gasoline containing 0.3 to 0.4 grams of our E-ETIL Blue dye per 100 gallons. The lead analysis shows that there could have been little contamination from the can itself, and this is further substantiated by the difference in color. This would indicate that the tetraethyl v?as distributed already dyed. J . H. Schaefer BY: /v Lx 6i: K F 0009.362 m>: %' ` - - KB" 0008963 P966000 1 ..........1 /