| 单词 | town gas |
| 释义 | > as lemmastown gas town gas n. now historical = coal gas n. [Perhaps after German Stadtgas (1853), apparently so called on account of its production in municipal gas works and its use in towns, originally especially for street lighting.] ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > gas or types of gas > [noun] gas1808 oil-gas1820 wood-gasc1865 town gas1867 fuel-gas1886 power gas1901 bottled gas1930 biogas1958 North Sea gas1965 1867 Rep. before Joint. Comm. City Council of Boston upon Subj. of Gas 283 You test Cannel gas in the laboratory, and you will get 24 candles..but try it with the rough and tumble working of ordinary houses, and it will be about 20 candles, as the town gas of Liverpool was when I tried it. 1908 F. E. Junge Gas Power ii. 31 The price for town gas has been gradually reduced during this period. 2012 R. A. Muller Energy Future Presidents iv. 91 Town gas consisted mostly of hydrogen and highly poisonous carbon monoxide. < as lemmas |
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