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RICH FIELD FLYER                   53

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Though the basement's full of water, 
   And the grate bars can't be seen. 
Though the mercury drops towards zero, 
   Till we're crazy in the bean.

[textbox upper left: "A LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE YO! HO!]

[image upper right: Raining inside a cartoon-like room]

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Though Fred Jones' roof above us,    Fails to do it's little bit. 
Though the water flows around us, 
   Till we wish we had a ship. 

[[textbox image: upper right]] "THROW OUT THE LIFE LINE"

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Though we stumble in at 2:00 A. M.,
To find our bunks a sight.
We damn the culprits up and down,
But in bed at last, Oh: boy, good night. 

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Though we tumble out at 5:15
And shiver, freeze & moan.
Ain't it a great and glorious feeling boys,
We'll soon be going home. 

Types of Gasoline
There are at present on the market types of gasoline produced by several different methods. These may be classified as follows:

Straight Refinery Gasoline.
Straight refinery gasolines are produced by methods that vary somewhat in different parts of the country but in general are similar. Crude oil is distilled in a fire still and a cut made when the gravity of the product reaches a pre-determined mark. So-called crude naptha or benzine is acid refined and steam distilled, Several products of different ranges of volatility may be produced, or the steam distillation may simply separate the product from the less volatile bottoms which go into the burning oil stock.
Straight refinery gasolines are generally characterized by a low content of un-saturated and aromatic hydro-carbons, and by a distillation range free from marked irregularities. 
Blended Casing-Head Gasoline.
During the past few years so-called casing-head gasoline, obtained from natural gas by compression or absorption, has come on the market. Straight casing-head gasoline is too volatile for general use and generally is blended with enough naptha to produce a mixture that can be used safely and is moderately cheap. In general, blended casing-head gasoline is characterized by a volatility range that shows considerable percentage of low and high boiling points, but a lack of intermediate constituents. Frequently, the blending is done in a manner difficult to detect.
As regards to its chemical properties, blended casing-head gasoline seems to be identical with the straight refinery gasoline of the same distillation range. Characteristic physical properties of blended gasolines are due wholly to the details of blending.
Cracked or Synthetic Gasolines.
Important factors in the present supply of gasoline on the market are the cracked or synthetic gasolines. These are being marketed in enormous quantities, largely in the form of blends with straight refinery and casing-head gasoline.
Cracked gasolines are similar to straight refinery gasolines in most chemical and physical properties, but differ chemically in containing varying percentages of unsaturated and aromatic hydro-carbons. It has been demonstrated that these constituents, if present in moderate proportions, do not decrease the value of a gasoline. Also, competent authorities generally concede that by proper engine equipment and adjustment it is possible to use unsaturated hydro-carbons in practically unlimited amounts or proportions, although extended experimental proof of this later point does not seem to be available as yet.
Today twenty percent of our gasoline is made by cracking, and since the demand for motor spirits is almost trebling while the production of crude petroleum remains constant it is reasonable to suppose that by 1920 over fifty percent of the gasoline will be made by the cracking process.

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[image upper left: Basement flooded with water and sad cartoon-like man singing "A LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE YO! HO!] [image upper right: Raining inside a cartoon-like room]