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Water gas   /wˈɔtər gæs/   Listen
Water gas

noun
1.
A mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide with small amounts of other gases; made by blowing steam over hot coke or coal.





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"Water gas" Quotes from Famous Books



... fuel gas gives a water gas enriched by petroleum. Roughly, about half the cost of this gas as made at Bellefonte, Pa., was for oil. The gas cost 6.68c. per 1,000 cu. ft., with oil at 21/4c. a gallon. At double this price the gas would ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 • Various
... fluctuations in quality, sometimes becoming quite dangerous in its effect upon the atmosphere. Water gas, which is very generally manufactured, is said to carry four or five times as much carbon monoxide per unit of bulk as retort gas. It has for the hemoglobin of the blood four hundred times the affinity of oxygen, and a proportion of only two tenths of one per cent may produce ...
— The Complete Home • Various


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