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124 Carlo Mattogno, Jürgen Graf: Treblinka
In subsequent experiments, the researchers chose the Adler engine. Regarding
the working conditions of this engine they remarked: 318
“A special throttle device was attached to the air supply line of the carburetor,
which permitted modifying the amount of fresh air sucked in by
the machine within certain limits. By means of reducing the air supply, a
rise in the content of unburned substance, and thus of the CO content in the
exhaust gas, could be achieved, while just the opposite, a reduction of CO
content, resulted from an increased air supply.”
After an analysis of six different kinds of gasoline, the scientists performed
twelve main experiments. With respect to the emission of CO, the highest values
were recorded at idle: 319
ANALYSIS OF GAS IN DIFFERENT EXPERIMENTAL SERIES 320
CO2 % O2 % CO % H2 % CH4 % N2 %
8.20 1.12 9.08 4.70 0.60 76.28
8.20 2.07 8.30 5.37 0.23 75.63
9.10 0.73 8.55 2.61 2.10 76.98
9.10 0.89 7.64 3.32 0.53 78.15
8.90 1.35 8.06 3.99 0.17 77.54
8.90 1.24 8.10 4.33 0.22 77.16
7.50 1.35 10.01 4.42 1.36 75.36
7.50 1.99 8.08 4.48 0.18 77.40
8.80 1.05 8.00 3.85 0.82 77.49
8.80 1.03 8.17 3.64 0.28 77.78
9.90 2.70 7.40 2.50 0.26 77.30
9.90 3.47 7.95 2.14 0.11 76.27
The technique employed in conducting the experiments was very advanced
for that time. 321 The researchers were carrying out toxicological tests, in which
they constructed sophisticated miniature gas chambers. In particular, they performed
preliminary tests, about which they wrote: 322
“The tests show that neither guinea pigs nor white mice showed severe
symptoms of poisoning during a test duration of two hours with a CO concentration
of 0.3%, but that any increase of the CO content beyond 0.3%
led to seizure attacks, ataxia or narcosis, and that from these symptoms the
increase of CO concentration in the air could be determined.”
The actual experiments were conducted with five types of gasoline and
lasted 120 minutes each. White mice and guinea pigs served as experimental
animals. The researchers explained:
318 Ibid., p. 5.
319 Ibid., Table I, p. 26.
320 Chart is a slightly simplified representation.
321 See Document 20 in the Appendix.
322 Toxikologie und Hygiene des Kraftfahrwesens, op. cit. (note 316), p. 45.