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Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company

Arriving for his first day at the old tobacco warehouse that housed Kettering s firm, Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company, Midgley recalled, I was trying to open the door that looked like the front door of the building, but which was locked. As I strained and pulled at it, a rather lanky individual called out to me, Hey, bud, the architects just stuck that door on to look right to fool people. You get in on the side. Follow me. ... [Pg.81]

Shortly after the invention of the self-starter, engineers at Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company (DELCO) found that ethanol or grain alcohol could be used to reduce knock. The problem with grain alcohol was that anyone could make it. In 1921, Thomas Midgley was working at... [Pg.72]

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