In 1931, the British Department of Scientific and Industrial Research located in Greenwich, England, set up a small facility where hydrogen gas was combined with coal at extremely high pressures to make a synthetic fuel.
1931.godine, britanski Zavod za znanstvena i industrijska istraživanja smješten u Greenwichu u Engleskoj osniva malo postrojenje gdje se vodik u plinovitom stanju dodavao ugljiku na ekstremno visokim tlakovima s ciljem proizvodnje sintetičkih goriva.