![]() The value of aromatic hydrocarbons was established by this machine and later the practice of rating fuel by an ‘octane-number’. He traced the development of the views held on the cause and character of the phenomenon of ‘engine knock’ and the formulation of the well-known method of evaluating ‘knock-tendency’ by means of the variable compression engine. ![]() ![]() This progress he characterised as one of the most startling developments of the last fifty years, and now, he said, more than eighty per cent of the total power output of prime movers is based on petrol. Ricardo received the Melchett Medal of the Institute of Fuel, and after the presentation delivered his Melchett Lecture on the “Progress of the Internal Combustion Engine and its Fuel”.
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