Petrol "Frozen" to Avoid Ignition from Bullets New York, Jan. 17.
A new and sensational method of reducing the fire hazard in military aviation by neutralizing incendiary bullets was announced here today by Mr. Assenia Jordanoff, engineer and Bulgarian veteran of the Great War.
Mr. Jordanoff, who piloted a plane in the Great War, freezes petrol at 100 degrees below zero Centigrate in a dry ice and alcohol cooling mechanism surrounding the plane's gas tanks. A special mechanism thaws out the fuel while it is en route from the tanks to the motor.
The freezing is supposed to prevent flash explosions or ignition of fuel by incendiary bullets. Demonstrating his system today, Mr. Jordanoff rammed a flaming blow torch into a pail of frozen gasoline without an explosion. When the flame was held above the pail, it required fourteen seconds for the petrol to ignite—United Press.
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