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Must be Friday afternoon….I still use it in my snow bl ower (as an aerosol).
Ether in the glove compartment brings back memories of ̶ 0;Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” by Hunter Thompson……”nev er trust a man in the midst of an ether binge!”…those that have re ad it will understand.
I remember the blue flames also, but coming out of a 1970 or
so
VW Bug! Lost my facial hair (including eyebrows) once there!
Gary
Dr. Gary L. Yarrow, Director
Environmental Health & Safety
Shepard Hall 059; Bldg 2202
South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD 5700-7-0896
605-688-6332
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ssion
List [mailto:DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of William Hirzy
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 12:49 PM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Ether - Motor Priming Grade
Back in t
he
day, when I worked in the lab and had access and drove a 1959 Volvo in the
frigid midwestern winter, parking on the street, I would take the battery o
ut,
bring it inside to keep warm for the next morning, then re-install it, pour
about 10 mL of diethyl ether onto the strangely vertical carbeurator air
filter, and that baby fired right up every day--no problem........Then one
night
a cop stopped me because I had a tail light out, some heavy anti-war litera
ture
stuck all over the trunk, and quite a pony-tail and full beard. He looked a
t
me, and then into the glove compartment where I kept the ether (didn't want
it
in the apartment) and almost busted me for having it. After I explained it,
he
relaxed, but still gave me a ticket for the tail light................Petro
leum
ether might have worked as well, but, but that diethyl variety sure did the
trick!
J. Willia
m
Hirzy, Ph.D.
Chemist In Residence
Phone: 202-885-1780
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WronaT**At_Symbol_Here**USA.REDCROSS.ORG 01/29 /2010 12:15 PM
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Thomas Wrona
-----Original Message-----
Does anyone have any information on Humco Laboratories Ether Motor
Thanks.
Jerilyn Roberts
Jerilyn,
My experience with "ether" used for motor starting (AKA start
ing
fluid)
is usually a composition of petroleum "ether" which is typica
lly
but not
necessarily an ether as we chemists know it, but is really a compositio
n
of short chain aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons. This material is
typically used in starting diesel engines that lack glow plugs in cold<
/tt>
climates.
Equipment Systems Manager
Radiation and Chemical Safety Officer
Southeastern Michigan Location
Ohio Michigan Division
Office Phone: 313 494-2894
Facsimile: 313 833-2799
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f
Roberts, Jerilyn C.
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 5:39 PM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [DCHAS-L] Ether - Motor Priming Grade
Priming Grade? We are working on moving to a new building and it
was
found in a cabinet. All it says is "ether", but I am no
t
familiar with
motor priming grade. I am treating with extreme caution. An
y
information would be greatly appreciated.
Environmental Health and Safety Director
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
501 East St. Joseph Street
Rapid City, SD 57701-3995
605 394-6729
605 394-6131 FAX
Jerilyn.Roberts**At_Symbol_Here**sdsmt.edu
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