Marchioness de Ahumada, GB191327733A
Improved Process of Manufacture of Motor Spirit.
Image credit: Marchioness de Ahumada (1912)
On December 2, 1913, the Marchioness de Ahumada, née Princess Marguérite Baratoff, a widow residing in Paris, obtained a patent for a novel process for producing motor spirit. Her invention described a mixture of petrol, benzine, or their isomers with ether which, in combination with white phosphorus, carbon disulphide, and alcohol, could serve as a fuel for car and aeroplane engines.
Date of Application: 3 December 1912
Date of Issuance: 2 December 1913
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