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World's cleanest Fuel: A tank filled with hydrogen instead of gasoline was displayed in 1984 in a car trunk at a former University of Toronto institute for hydrogen studies
World's cleanest Fuel: A tank filled with hydrogen instead of gasoline was displayed in 1984 in a car trunk at a former University of Toronto institute for hydrogen studies

World's cleanest Fuel: A tank filled with hydrogen instead of gasoline was displayed in 1984 in a car trunk at a former University of Toronto institute for hydrogen studies

Date7/13/1984
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Original Toronto Star caption: World's cleanest Fuel: A tank filled with hydrogen instead of gasoline was displayed in 1984 in a car trunk at a former University of Toronto institute for hydrogen studies.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0009777F
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