fuel articles
Which individual was instrumental in transforming manufactured fuel gas into a public service by incorporating the Gas Light and Coke Company in 1812?
What was the primary objective when Edwin Drake drilled the first commercial crude oil well in Pennsylvania in 1859?
What chemical process, patented by William Meriam Burton in 1913, was key to increasing the yield of usable gasoline components?
What role did purifiers, often employing lime or iron ore, play in the manufactured fuel gas industry?
What feature was inherent in Rudolf Diesel's initial compression-ignition engine design that differentiated its fuel requirements from early gasoline engines?
Which invention is characterized as an 'invention of utility' established to solve the clear problem of societal lighting in the early 1800s?
What substance, discovered through research led by Charles F. Kettering, was critical for allowing higher compression ratios in gasoline engines without engine knocking?
What was the initial status of gasoline when it was first produced as a lighter fraction during the distillation of crude oil?
Which engineering process, developed by Eugene Houdry in 1937, improved gasoline quality beyond the capabilities of earlier thermal cracking methods?
Who invented the first fuel cell in 1838, utilizing an electrochemical process with hydrogen and oxygen?
What was the primary goal for Benjamin Franklin's Pennsylvania Fireplace design?
What device is Philo Penfield Stewart credited with inventing in 1825?
What efficiency range can advanced, well-engineered biomass stoves achieve?
What key features allowed the Franklin Stove to burn longer with less wood?
What type of control defines the efficiency of the modern gas stove?
What is the typical thermal efficiency range for a traditional three-stone fire?
Who is often considered the truly successful inventor of a fuel-efficient stove in the ICS context?
How did the cast iron material contribute to efficiency in Stewart's cookstove?
How is efficiency measured by Dean Still concerning Improved Cookstoves (ICS)?
What indirect benefit of ICS often drives adoption more than fuel cost reduction?
What was a primary manual method used by early motorists to gauge fuel levels?
How did the windshield-mounted sight glass gauge function as a primitive visual indicator?
Which manufacturer introduced what is considered the first dash-mounted fuel gauge in 1914?
How did the first electrical fuel gauge, introduced in 1925, require the driver to check the reading?
By which decade did electrical gauges evolve to display readings automatically without driver activation?
What component in the tank's sending unit acts as a variable resistor in the standard electrical gauge design?
What psychological reason did automakers introduce by engineering gauges to read well below the actual "E" mark before running dry?
If the electrical circuit in a standard gauge system opens due to corrosion or wear, what reading does the indicator display?
What crucial convenience problem did Jim Moylan's indicator resolve for drivers using unfamiliar cars?