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Picked this up the other day and was wondering if anyone happens to know what this might of been used for? I'm guessing it's a demonstration display, but just not sure why a demonstration would be needed and for whom. Does have a hand crank for manual operation and can take batteries for hands free demos. Kind of a neat piece, not sure if it's a one off construction or a limited number of these were made. Certainly not a mass produced item.

Ethyl_display.jpg Ethyl_cylinders.jpg Ethyl_label.jpg

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appears to be a demonstration item about 1950.. cool


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The advance and retard buttons suggest to me that it demonstrated the effects of Knocking (also called knock, detonation, spark knock, pinging). Which the Ethyl Corporation made chemicals to reduce/prevent.


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County Fair/automotive school display

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Thanks for the input. Sounds like it wasn't a salesman piece anyway, but for educational purposes or maybe even job fairs.


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