单词 | rosin gas |
释义 | > as lemmasrosin gas rosin gas n. now chiefly historical gas obtained by the distillation of rosin; cf. resin gas n. at resin n. and adj. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1827 Times 22 Sept. 2/4 The portable gas apparatus, of which Mr Gordon was the original inventor, is now supplied with this rosin gas. 1860 Sci. Amer. 10 Nov. 313/3 In order..to burn rosin gas successfully it must be made in the neighborhood where it is burned, as it is loaded with inflammable substances which add much to the light, but which are deposited if the gas is carried through long pipes. 1997 L. E. Davis et al. In Pursuit of Leviathan ix. 355 Coal gas—unlike rosin gas—could be pumped through the distribution system without serious loss of flammable constituents. < as lemmas |
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