Cor Breukel (cor@ruly46.medfac.leidenuniv.nl)
Mon, 19 Jul 1999 11:41:59 +0200 (MET DST)
On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Sil Horwitz wrote:
> At 1999/07/15 09:40 AM -0600, Richard Sullivan wrote:
>
> >Benzine [ine] is another name for kerosene
>
> Sorry, Dick, there might be some benzine in kerosene, but it would be an
> impurity. Benzine is a low molecular weight (meaning it's lighter and more
> volatile) aliphatic hydrocarbon that is the main constituent in the mixture we
> call gasoline (and the British call petrol).
..and the dutch call it "benzine"...;-)..
Cor
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