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In getting up steam a separate blaze or flame of alcohol or gasoline is made, which heats the steel or iron with which the fuel-oil comes in contact until it is sufficiently hot to turn the oil to gas, after which the burner works automatically. A hand air-pump or one automatically operated by the engine maintains sufficient air pressure in the fuel-tank to keep a constant flow.
Then suddenly he knew the truth; and with a cry of fear bent, peering at the fuel-tank. There, quivering suspended from the metal edge of the aluminum tank, hung a single clear white drop alcohol! Even as Stern looked it fell, and at once another took its place, and was shaken off only to be succeeded by a third, a fourth, a fifth! The man understood.
The objective of the antagonist is the motor or the fuel-tank, the vital parts of the machine, as much as the aviator seated within. A well-planted shot, which upsets the mechanism of the engine, or a missile which perforates the fuel tank, thereby depriving the motor of its sustenance, will ensure victory as conclusively as the death of the aviator himself.
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