GM teamed up with chemical makers Standard Oil of New Jersey and DuPont to form a new company that would make, market, and sell the new fuel. They branded it as “Ethyl,” avoiding the word ...

According to the CDC, chloroethane, also known as ethyl chloride, was once used in the now-banned leaded gasoline. In the past, it was being used to produce tetraethyllead, an additive for gasoline.

A brilliant scientist (D.Sc., M.I.T. ’33), Thomas had helped develop no-knock ethyl gasoline, was awarded the civilian Medal for Merit for his work as project director of the Oak Ridge A-bomb ...