"Gasoline" is the subject of the fifth of a series of illustrated popular lectures on important developments and discoveries in various fields of engineering. At 4.30 o'clock this afternoon, Professor J. B. Conant '14 of the department of Chemistry, will describe the manufacture of gasoline from petroleum with a consideration of the fundamental scientific principles involved. In connection with the economics of gasoline, Professor Conant will discuss the future supply of petroleum, conservation of petroleum resources by development of high compression gasoline, and the possibilities of motor fuel from alcohol, shale, and coal.
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