 After his successful exhibition, Elton vanishes.In E.L. Doctorow's historical novel "Ragtime", Henry Ford must deal with a man claiming to have invented a water-to-gasoline pill; possibly a reference to Louis Enricht.In episode 254 of "The Simpsons", "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes," Homer is trapped on a mysterious island with, among others, a "Number 27" who is trapped there because she knows how to turn water into gasoline.