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From: carlson@ssc-vax.UUCP (Lee R Carlson)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Of Octane and Mothballs and such...
Message-ID: <241@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 26-Sep-85 10:36:11 EDT
Article-I.D.: ssc-vax.241
Posted: Thu Sep 26 10:36:11 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 29-Sep-85 06:42:21 EDT
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Organization: Boeing Aerospace Co., Seattle, WA
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> One methed (the R(esearch) method) is to calculate the theoretical octane
> rating of a fuel based on its components.
> 

I believe that the "R" (for Research (note caps)) is for General Motors
Research Laboratories, inventors of the method.

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					-- Lee Carlson
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