Excerpt from The Flash and Burning Points of Kerosene-Gasoline MixturesOne or several deaths appear to have resulted from explosions in the use of kerosene admitted to have been marketed in Ohio by an oil refiner. It is also admitted that an employee of the refiner inadvertently pumped gasoline into a kerosene storage tank and also that kerosene was subsequently sold from this tank batch. It was claimed by the plaintiff that the kerosene causing fatal ex plosions, could be directly traced to this contaminated kerosene storage. It is claimed by employees of the refiner that a gallon sample was drawn off of the contaminated kerosene tank and its ¿ashing properties tested and found safe.It would probably have to be admitted that a draw off Of one gallon would not clear the uncontaminated kerosene from the draw Off line and as a result the safe ¿ash test would not reveal the true character of the tank contents.In this same connection also it was claimed by the plaintiff that stratification probably existed in the tank anyway and therefore a sample withdrawn from the bottom of the tank would inevitably test safe in ¿ash point. It was also claimed that dispensing from said tank would soon reach a highly dangerous zone because richer in gasoline.N O exact evidence was available as to the amount of kerosene originally in the tank or the amount of gasoline pumped into it or the amount of the mixture resulting. It would probably have to be admitted, however, that there was more than 2% gasoline as a minimum admixed with the kerosene or any lot sold therefrom if admixture were complete. No actual sample of the mixture appears to have been preserved by either side. The samples causing the explosions were destroyed thereby.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.