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Found this text in the newsletter of a motorcycle club. Unfortunately I neglected to note its name or date. The text is inconsistent with this main article. Somebody who has greater knowledge in the field should be able to reconcile the differences.
How Petrol & Carburettor got their names. In 1859 Eugene Carless, a chemist, started in business with W.G. Blagden in the village of Hackney Wick. Later he was joined by G.B. Capel and J.H. Leonard, They extracted naptha from Scottish shale, and the lighter boiling fractions were sold unter the name of "Carburine" for dry cleaning and, in 1865, for improving the illuminating power of town gas. The spirit was vaporised into the main gas supply by a patented invention of the company which they called "The Carburettor". When the fluid was first used in the internal [combustion] engine it was sold as "Launch Spirit". After it was used in road vehicles the name was changed, at the suggestion of F.R. Simms to "Petrol" in 1893. They also produced from coal "Carless Coalene", the only motor spirit ever produced in this country [the UK]. It was sold in the [nineteen] thirties from nearly 200 pumps, and was used by most of the RAF's fighter aircraft. In 1899 Carless, Capel and Leonard were awarded the Automobile Club's silver medal and certificate in recognition of their produce "Petrol".