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Laboratory report from The Detroit Testing Laboratory on an oil sample.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 135\3\  scan0098
Date  9th September 1929
  
Form 8
THE DETROIT TESTING LABORATORY
DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Number: 5709-A-7
Date: 9-9-29
Sample from: Taylor Brothers Manufacturing Company
Sample of: Oil
Customer's Order:
Remarks: #4B
D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} T. L. Order: 51195

"Oil drawn at suction level after 15 hours settling followed by 1/2 hour running with Floato full pan."

Water - - - - - - - - - none
Sediment - - - - - - - faint trace.

Examination of Sediment: The sediment obtained from 25 grams of this oil is so small as to be prac-tically unweighable. Entirely free from metal, sand or grit. only a faint trace of finely divided carbon.

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THE DETROIT TESTING LABORATORY
By R.L.porkie
  
  


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