"Olefiant" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of one volume olefiant gas and three volumes oxygen was not affected by such a platina plate, even though left together for several days ...
— Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 • Michael Faraday
... depends on the presence therein of olefiant gas (ethylene), or, as it is sometimes termed, heavy carburetted hydrogen. This is the first of the series of hydro-carbons known as the olefines, and is composed of two atoms of carbon to every four atoms of hydrogen (C{2}H{4}). Others of the olefines are present ...
— The Story of a Piece of Coal - What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes • Edward A. Martin |
