The fuel and the water were non-miscible, they did not mix. From Wordnik.com. [Tiger! Tiger!]
Properties ethyl alcohol colourless, boiling point 78 °C, inflammable, miscible with water and all usual organic solvents, highly toxic ethyl acetate colourless, inflammable, boiling point 77.1 °C, non-miscible with water acetone colourless, inflammable, boiling point 56.3 °C, highly volatile, miscible with water and most of the organic solvents benzene colourless, very inflammable, boiling point 80.1 C, non-miscible with water, but miscible with organic solvents, vapours highly toxic butyl acetate colourless, inflammable, boiling point 118 °C, non-miscible with water, but miscible with organic solvents methanol colourless, inflammable, boiling point 64.7 °C, miscible with water, highly toxic methylene chloride colourless, non-miscible with water, boiling point 41.6 °C toluene colourless, inflammable, boiling point 110.8 °C, non-miscible with water xylene colourless, inflammable, boiling point 139 ... 140 °C, little soluble in water, easily soluble in some organic solvents. From Wordnik.com. [12. Surface Treatment of Wood] Reference
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