The influence of direct cylinder injection of ethyl alcohol and water on detonation

This thesis document was issued under the authority of another institution, not NPS. At the time it was written, a copy was added to the NPS Library collection for reasons not now known. It has been included in the digital archive for its historical value to NPS. Not believed to be a CIVINS (Civilian Institutions) title.Tests were run at the Sloane Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to compare the relative effect of injecting ethyl alcohol and distilled water directly into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine for the purpose of suppressing detonation.http://archive.org/details/theinfluenceofdi109456431Lieutenant, United States NavyCivilia