918.    ---------------. [FIELDNER, A. C.]  Synthetic Liquid Fuel Investigation of the Bureau of Mines.  Science Counselor, vol. 10, No. 1, 1947, pp. 8-10, 24-26; Chem. Abs., vol. 41, 1947, p. 3937.

      Survey including discussions of United States sources of supplementary liquid fuels, alcohol by vegetable fermentation, conversion of oil shale, liquefaction of coal or lignite by high-pressure hydrogenation, and conversion of water gas from coal or lignite; also European developments and their application to American conditions, synthetic gas production, and the cost of synthetic liquid fuels.