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Thomas Midgley Jr.’s Deadly Inventions
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Midgley's Engine Knock Solution
After leaving n c r, kettering had helped found dayton engineering laboratories company. Midgley was asked to work on a solution for engine knock. He proposed dyeing the fuel red, thinking that would cause it to absorb more heat and evaporate faster. The war ended before this could be put into use because benzine causes cancer. During this period, midgley dealt with an eye injury.
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