Its inventor was sure of it. Facing sceptical reporters at a press conference in October 1924, Thomas Midgley dramatically produced a container of tetraethyl lead - the additive in question - and ...

Ingredients and Function These additives typically include ingredients like tetraethyl lead, various alcohols such as ethanol, methylpropyl, manganese, toluene, and ethers. Their primary role is to ...

information on lead hazards to wildlife published in scientific literature and the press 1920s – Oil companies began adding tetraethyl lead to gasoline 1922 – League of Nations bans interior lead ...