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Re: Why do they keep calling it "unleaded"?

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From: keith
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 02:06
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On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 22:04:26 -0700, Bret Ludwig wrote:

> 
> Floyd Rogers wrote:
> <<snip>>
> 
>>
>> So-called white gas is still sold; if you go into any sporting-goods
>> store and buy Coleman Stove Fuel (or equivelant) that's (essentially)
>> what it is.
>>
> 
>  They may be close enough for a lantern but not for an engine. I'd try
> it on a Briggs and Stratton first.

Isn't "white gas" also called "naptha".  I know what we call gasoline is
also in the naptha family, but it is heavier than "white".

-- 
  Keith
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Subject: Re: Why do they keep calling it "unleaded"?
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