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Definition of Coal gas
1. Noun. Gaseous mixture produced by distillation of bituminous coal and used for heating and lighting.
Definition of Coal gas
1. Noun. (petrochemistry) The poisonous gas, used domestically for cooking etc and formerly for lighting, prepared by heating coal with steam; it is a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide; synthesis gas or town gas. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Coal Gas
Literary usage of Coal gas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Siemens Producer (Sectional Elevation). it in admixture with coal gas and then
enriching the mixture by any cheap ..."
2. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1897)
"Witthaus.gives a slightly different proportion of carbon monoxid, saying: "It is
a constituent of coal-gas in from 4 to 7.5 per cent., and of water-gas from ..."
3. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1897)
"Witthaus. gives a slightly different proportion of carbon monoxid, saying: "It
is a constituent of coal-gas in from 4 to 7.5 per cent., and of water-gas ..."
4. Projected Costs of Generating Electricity: 2005 Update by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, International Energy Agency (2005)
"ÄA- 10 DD 0 Investment O&M 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Fuel Cost ratios for coal, gas
and nuclear power plants Total generation Ten countries - Canada, ..."
5. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1880)
"(1283) Manufacture and Purification of coal gas.—The earliest attempts at
illumination by means of coal gas were made by Mr. Murdoch, during his residence ..."
6. Condensation of Vapor as Induced by Nuclei and Ions by Carl Barus, Lulu Broadbent Joslin (1907)
"coal gas energized by X-rays at D — io cm. and in absence of rays. ... New data
for coal gas.—In case of the above results the large vacuum chamber was not ..."
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