On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:13:30 GMT, BobH
wrote:

steamer wrote:
--Remember the time they tried to make an I.C. engine run on
gunpowder? A bunch of us were talking about this the other day and we seemed
to have vague memories of this actually working once, maybe in the 1800s.
Anyone got a reference? Also looking for anything on engines running on
acetylene. Fear not! Not going to put one in my car; just thinking of the
pyrotechnic spinoff for a *very* remote location, heh.


Mr. Diesel (Rudolf I think) was killed trying to make an engine run on
coal dust if I remember right.

BobH

Nope, he died during a cross channel ferry trip. Lost overboard an
apparent suicide.

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)