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May 19, 193?
Dr. Oraham Ed gar Et h y l G asolin e G o r p o r a t ' on
Ch rysler Bu ildin g Hew Xork Cit y Hew York.
Dear Graham*
,
In respon se to your note of
May 10-fch, e n c lo sin g a l e t t e r from th e G en er al E l e c t r i c Coup an y , I h ave w r it t e n a "b r ie f n o t a t io n on th e q u e st io n
r a ise d . Rath er th an to sen d t h is n o t at io n d ir e c t ly to
th e G en er al E l e c t r i c Company, i t seem s w ise t o me to
r e t u r n i t t o you f o r su ch u se as you may w ish t o make o f i t , u n t i l you h ave made su r e t h a t I h ave n ot tns.de an y st at em en t which i s e it h e r in c o r r e c t o r m isle a d in g,
Moreover I p r e fe r not to give out in form ation about the
com position of le ad e d ga so lin e w ith ou t r e fe r r in g th e
m att er to you* I r e t u r n .t h e en clo su r e s in your l e t t e r fo r su ch u se a s th ey may be t o you.
Thanks fo r you r l a t e r l e t t e r con
ce r n in g ''H eopren e" an d ''Th ldfcol" . he h ave a lr e a d y o b t ain e d seme of th e glo v e s c o at e d w ith ''Xh iok ol" fo r
e xam in at io n , h ut we h ave n ot t e st e d them and a t t h e
moment I am n ot v er y im p r essed by th e st u r d in e ss of t h e i r f a b r i c a t i o n . `T h is, h ow ever, i s no u n su r isou n tab le o b st a c le and I t may w ell be t h a t p r o p e r ly fa b r ic a t e d
glo v e s may be su p e r io r t o t h o se in u se a t t h e p r e se n t t im e. Wo s h a l l lo o k in t o th e m a t t e r . ,
. . ry t r u ly y ou r s,
RAXs i s
, Rober t ra TH ehoe , M.D."
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' G asolin e h as lon g .been u sed f o r a
v a r ie t y of clean in g purposes becau se o f i t s a b ilit y to
d isso lv e o i l s and g r e a se s. M oreover* sin c e ga so lin e i s
so r e a d ily a v a ila b le * i t s u se fo r su ch pu rposes h as ten ded
t o in c r e a se in s p i t e of th e ob viou s d an ge r s t o human l i f e
and p r o p e r t y which a r i s e from t h e c a r e l e s s and u n w ise h an d lin g
of so h igh ly in flam m able a l i q u i d . Con sequ en tly i t was t o be
expected th at gaso lin e blen ded w ith a minute q u an tity of Eth yl
Flu id (e sse n t ia lly a m ixture o f t e t r a e t h y l le a d , and eth ylen e
dibr om id e) when w id ely d ist r ib u t e d as a m otor f u e l , sh ou ld be
employed a s fu e l fo r lamps and st o v e s and a l so as a c le an in g
agen t u n le ss p eop le cou ld be in duced t o ch oose oth er g a so lin e s
fo r su ch p u r p o se s, A cco r d in gly a l l pimps and c o n t ain e r s from
which su ch g a so lin e h as been d isp e n se d h ave been marked so .a s
t o in d ic a t e t h a t t h e produ ct co n t ain s t e t r a e t h y l le a d * and t h at
i t i s in ten d ed fo r use as a motor f u e l on ly . I t i s a lso co lo r e d
in an attem pt to lim it i t s u se t o t h at fo r which i t i s in t en d ed .
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Th er e
ca<n be no d ou b t
th at leaded .
gasolin e
has' been u se d f o r many o f t h e p u r p o se s f o r which an y ot h e r g a so lin e
would b e u sed * an d* t o fa r as can be a sc e r t a in e d , w ith out h arm ful
r e su l t s t o 't h e u s e r , n e v e r t h e le ss su ch g a so lin e h as no ad van t age
over ch eaper and l e s s v o l a t i l e g a so lin e s a s a cle an in g age n t ,
w h ile a s a fu Sl fo r lamps and st o v e s i t s le ad and dye con ten t
is d e fin it e disadvan tage in th at fin e ly d ivid ed p a r t ic le s in
the flam e tend in tim e to clog th e o r ific e s of the b u r n er s.
For t h ese p u r p o se s, t h e r e fo r e , c l e a r , u n colored g a so lin e s which