From Introduction: "Under the terms of the act establishing the Bureau of Mines, this bureau was authorized to carry on the work of testing and analyzing fuels which had been conducted by the technologic branch of the United States Geological Survey. Therefore, the first investigations of the liquid mineral fuels logically embraced a careful series of comparative tests of gasoline and denatured alcohol in engines. The report is published by the Bureau of Mines because of the transfer of the fuel-testing investigations to this bureau."

Photograph of Claudia Lyon in a hat holding a large bouquet of flowers and standing behind a table decorated with an American flag at the launching of the U.S.S. Texas.

Photograph of the U.S.S. Texas being launched in Newport News, Virginia, with people standing on the deck of the ship as well as on the dock.

Photograph of five women of different ages, Claudia Lyon the youngest, at the launching of the U.S.S. Texas. All women are wearing hats and holding large bouquets, standing behind a table decorated with an American flag. One of the women is holding a bottle of champagne attached to a rope.

Photograph of five women of different ages, Claudia Lyon the youngest, at the launching of the U.S.S. Texas. All women are wearing hats and holding large bouquets, standing behind a table decorated with an American flag.