Template:Did you know nominations/Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:19, 24 March 2017 (UTC)
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Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton[edit]
- ... that Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton used liquid methane to power a bus? Source: "In view of recent developments in the gas industry special mention may be made of his pioneer experiments carried out during the early years of the war on the use of liquefied methane as an alternative fuel to petrol... The technical problems connected with its use are concerned with the design of a suitable liquefaction plant, fuel tanks sufficiently well insulated to avoid excessive losses by evaporation and mechanically strong enough to withstand the rough treatment to which road vehicles are subjected. A special design of carburettor is necessary for the engine and there are minor problems associated with re-fuelling and with large-scale storage. All these problems were satisfactorily solved and extensive practical trials were carried out successfully on a municipal motor bus in service in the Midlands." (link)
Created by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 12:10, 21 March 2017 (UTC).
New article is 5,724 characters long and nominated on the same day as first expansion. Duplication detector[1][2] and read through the other online refs (which do not have recognizable text) reveals no close paraphrasing issues. Article is well-sourced. Hook is 68 characters long (under 200 character max.) and is interesting. Ref 2 (verifying the hook) is from JSTOR and is a reliable source (passage above is from the aforementioned ref, but the link mistakenly directs me to Ref 1). QPQ done. Looks good to go! —Bloom6132 (talk) 11:37, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
