| 单词 | coal gas |
| 例句 | In the beginning, “natural” distinguished it from other gases, like coal gas, and signaled something that came straight out of the ground. ‘Now we’re cooking with gas’ — and paying for it with massive bills 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z A similar decline in the suicide rate occurred decades earlier when natural gas replaced coal gas in kitchen ovens. A story about suicide: Eight chapters of loss and hope 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z The round building with a cupola atop its conical roof was built in 1888 when coal gas was a major source of light and heat. Emergency repairs to be made to historic gasholder building 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z In Britain, indoor gas poisoning was the most common method of suicide until the country changed the gas supply from high-carbon-monoxide coal gas to more harmless natural gas in the 1960s. A new strategy to reduce suicide by pesticide poisoning 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z Up until the 1960s, the ovens and stoves in many British homes used coal gas, which was rich in dangerous carbon monoxide and was implicated in many deaths, accidental or intentional. Focusing on Firearms Proves Contentious in Struggle to Reduce Veterans’ Suicides 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z The round building with a cupola atop its conical roof was built in Concord in 1888 when coal gas was a major source of light and heat. Report: Coal gasholder building repairs would cost over $1M 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z The so-called "coal gas story" became a touchstone for suicide prevention experts worldwide. The silent epidemic of America’s problem with guns 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Gas explosions in mines usually occur when volatile methane, also known as coal gas, is not properly ventilated after leaking from the seam. 15 killed, 9 injured in northern China coal mine explosion 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Such accidents usually occur when volatile coal gas leaking from the seam is not properly ventilated. 15 killed, 9 injured in northern China coal mine explosion 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Her home, known as The Roundhouse for its round foundation, was built to hold a tank of coal gas used to light streets and homes. Dispute over backyard shed to cost Arkansas city $40,000 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z In old mill towns, like Lawrence, some pipes predate the advent of natural gas and were created for another substance, called coal gas. After Massachusetts Gas Explosions, Weary Residents Ask, What Happened? 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z In the early 20th Century, the UK began heating domestic ovens with coal gas, which contained lethal levels of carbon monoxide. The silent epidemic of America’s problem with guns 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z The round building with a cupola atop its conical roof with its original equipment was built in Concord in 1888 when coal gas was a major source of light and heat. 130-year-old gasholder building on national historic list 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z It did not provide details on what caused the blast, but such incidents usually happen when unventilated coal gas is ignited by a spark or open flame. 11 trapped in China's latest coal mine accident 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z “The house incorporated what was a coal gas generator that would burn coal and the gas was siphoned off from that.” Historic house in Weston also home to public library 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z One is historical: In England in the first half of the 20th century, many people died after intentionally inhaling lethal fumes in coal gas ovens. Gun Deaths Are Mostly Suicides 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Suicide rates spiked, particularly among women, and by the 1950s more than half of all suicides in the UK — about the same proportion as firearm suicides in the US today - involved a coal gas oven. The silent epidemic of America’s problem with guns 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z After poisonous coal gases began seeping into the basements of several Centralia residents’ homes, the US government began offering buyouts to the town’s thousand-plus inhabitants in the mid 1980s. Pennsylvania puts $1.4m towards extinguishing years-old mine fire 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z There are other routes for coal gas to escape, including fractures or undocumented structures from legacy mines and abandoned wells. Dot Earth Blog: A Deeper Look at a Study Finding High Leak Rates From Gas Drilling 2014-04-23T17:59:17Z In one corner sits a relic destined for a museum: a cast-iron engine as big as a bus, which was used until the early 1970s to compress coal gas for lighting, cooking and heating. Renewable power: Germany’s energy gamble 2013-04-10T17:20:31.080Z China would exploit hitherto untapped resources of coal gas that, instead of blowing up miners, would run power plants. Around the World in Six Ideas 2013-02-05T05:00:00Z Like coal gas, paracetamol packaging, and pesticides, guns can be removed from the equation. The silent epidemic of America’s problem with guns 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z "Saw a great article on the combustion of coal gases in locomotives, last night." Ralph in the Switch Tower 2012-03-02T03:00:11.847Z The best way of reducing the black oxide, is to connect the muffle with a gas-supply pipe, and allow coal gas to pass during the whole time that the heating process goes on. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z It is now so very cheap that the equivalent of one thousand feet of coal gas of standard quality may be equaled for sixty cents. Scientific American, Vol. XLIII.?No. 1. [New Series.], July 3, 1880 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:30.823Z The effect of this poison on the blood stream is similar to that caused by asphyxiation by coal gas or a similar substance, only not quite so brilliantly red. Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 2012-01-04T03:00:28.750Z The first is no argument against it, for was not coal gas sold at exorbitant prices in its early days? Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z This is shown by the fact that coal gas can usually be naphthalized—that is, impregnated with the vapour of naphtha—to a considerable extent before the limit of effective combustion is reached. Gas Burners Old and New 2011-11-07T02:00:20.003Z A balloon holding thirty-five thousand cubic feet of coal gas will easily lift the car and three persons. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z This, mixed with the poor coal gas, brings up its illuminating value to the required limit. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z The American process for making carburetted water gas, as an auxiliary to ordinary coal gas, was first introduced by the London Gas Light and Coke Company on a large scale in 1890. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z Where the coal gas benches now are will be boilers, or perhaps even these will be unnecessary if gas engines be used. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z The consequence has been that the most remarkable advances in developing improved illuminating power from coal gas have been made with this burner. Gas Burners Old and New 2011-11-07T02:00:20.003Z But in England water gas could not compete with coal gas in cheapness. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z Mixing the coal gas with water gas, which has been highly carburetted by passing it with the vapours of various hydrocarbons through superheaters in order to give permanency to the hydrocarbon gases. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z The present extension of steel-making and other branches of metallurgy is intimately connected with this system, as is the modern method of glass-making, of heating coal gas retorts and so forth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z Of this mixture 20 per cent. is coal gas, made in the ordinary way, which is the only objectionable feature the writer can see in the process. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z The various simple gases which constitute ordinary coal gas do not all burn together in the flame; the temperature required to effect their ignition being lower for some of them than for others. Gas Burners Old and New 2011-11-07T02:00:20.003Z The electric light, acetylene, magnesium, and other modern sources of light, although they may be more brilliant and intense than coal gas, cannot compete in cheapness of production with the latter. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z One of the most generally adopted methods of enrichment now is by means of carburetted water gas mixed with poor coal gas. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Carburetted water gas, which varies very much in its percentage of hydrocarbons, sometimes reaches nearly the heat-value of coal gas, but such gas is only in exceptional cases used for heating purposes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z The only safe detector of the source of mischief is the nose; the mixture of coal gas and atmospheric air is explosive, and no light must be struck. Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women 2011-07-20T02:00:13.547Z The new report includes the first-ever estimates for unconventional natural gas in Cook Inlet, most of which is coal gas and which accounts for a quarter of total estimated undiscovered natural gas resources. Gas, oil abundant in Alaska's Cook inlet: report 2011-06-29T00:47:46Z Thus far illuminating coal gas is still the queen of artificial lights. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z Mixing with the coal gas oil gas, obtained by decomposing crude oils by heat. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z The earliest investigations were made with coal gas, vegetable oils and tallow, and the composite and complex nature of these substances led to difficulties and confusion in the interpretation of results. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z Then he longed for murder, for shooting, suicide and coal gas. The Awakening of Spring A Tragedy of Childhood 2011-02-13T03:00:19.567Z Consequently they are designed to fly when filled with coal gas if necessary. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913 2011-01-04T03:01:14.690Z "There are different kinds of explosions that can occur in a coal mine – methane gas, coal gas and so on," he said. New Zealand mine explosion leaves dozens missing 2010-11-19T11:01:00Z Since the advent of the incandescent mantle, the efficiency of which is dependent upon the heating power of the gas more than on its illuminating power, the manufacture of coal gas has undergone considerable modifications. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z The air sent in with the gas is insufficient for complete 473 combustion so that the inner cone of the flame may be considered as air burning in an excess of coal gas. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z Marshall Hall's "Ready Method" of treatment in asphyxia from drowning, chloroform, coal gas, etc. 1st. A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers If purchase is decided on it is frequently an economy to buy two, or two of each gas, if coal gas cylinders are required as well. Optical Projection Part 1: Projection of Lantern Slides Paraffin Wax.—Where there is no coal gas available and the blowpipe is only required at intervals, and especially where high portability is required, there are few fuels so convenient as paraffin wax. A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing The light-giving power of coal gas is undoubtedly entirely due to the hydrocarbons. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Eleanor took a few steps forward; a suffocating odor of coal gas greeted her; she stumbled and fell face downward. Madge Morton's Trust Now leave the drafts all open just a moment," said her mother, "to let the coal gas burn away, and then you can shut the fire up and it will keep just right for hours. A Little Housekeeping Book for a Little Girl Margaret's Saturday Mornings The Oxyether Light.—This is practically similar to the oxyhydrogen, except that ether vapour is used in place of the hydrogen or coal gas. Optical Projection Part 1: Projection of Lantern Slides The usual, or Herepath, type of gas blowpipe consists of an outer tube through which coal gas can be passed and an inner tube through which a stream of air may be blown. A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing Berthelot came to the conclusion that the illuminating value of the Paris coal gas was almost entirely due to benzene vapour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Both the man and the woman kept close to the ground, so as not to inhale the odor of the coal gas. Madge Morton's Trust I will allow a jet of coal gas to play upon this lamp, but the gas, as you see, does not catch fire. The Story of a Tinder-box As the oxygen increases the flame will gradually disappear and the light increase, until it is at a maximum for that particular amount of coal gas. Optical Projection Part 1: Projection of Lantern Slides Men began with torches and pine splinters; then they advanced to candles and oil lamps; after that to coal gas; and now we are coming to electricity. Memoranda Sacra How it is possible for human beings to exist in rooms so filled with coal gas is beyond my knowledge. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Slaked lime, laid on trays in an air-tight compartment called the lime purifier, absorbs most of the sulphurous elements of these; and the coal gas is then fit for use. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use This requires a much higher temperature than even coal gas to fire it. The Story of a Tinder-box It is far better in every way, however, to use the acetylene from a cylinder, just as with coal gas. Optical Projection Part 1: Projection of Lantern Slides When coal stoves and furnaces are freshly filled with coal, coal gas may escape if the dampers are not properly regulated. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts The most important of these is gas lime, or lime which has been used for purifying coal gas. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry But if a lighted match be presently applied the vapour takes fire, showing that coal gas proper is coming off. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use I want almost—not quite—actual flame to fire coal gas. The Story of a Tinder-box When the two gases are, however, in the proper proportion to give the best light, there will always be a slight excess of coal gas flame visible playing about the lime. Optical Projection Part 1: Projection of Lantern Slides The three great enemies of books are too great heat, too much moisture, and coal gas, which produces a sulphurous acid very destructive to bindings, and should never be used in libraries. A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries In England one of the most famous aeronauts was Mr Green, who introduced coal gas for balloons, and made many hundreds of ascents. Up in the Clouds Balloon Voyages A jet of hydrogen or coal gas directed upon spongy platinum is at once ignited. An Elementary Study of Chemistry Page 192 When comparing oil and gas it is generally considered that 4½ gal. of fuel oil will give heat equivalent to 1,000 cu. ft. of coal gas. The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel By this process the inventor claims that he produces fixed gas equal to coal gas, much faster, and with less expense, the wood and water furnishing the hydrogen, and the oil furnishing the carbon. Scientific American, Volume XXXVI., No. 8, February 24, 1877 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. Poisons Acting on the Lungs.—These have for their type carbonic acid gas and coal gas. Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology We need hardly remind our readers that numerous unsuccessful attempts have been made at various times to enrich ordinary coal gas by the aid of volatile oils. Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures In the laboratory ammonia is prepared from ammonium chloride, a compound having the formula NH4Cl, and obtained in the manufacture of coal gas. An Elementary Study of Chemistry The reduction may be performed by fusing with potassic cyanide, by heating to moderate redness in a current of hydrogen or coal gas, or by heating to a higher temperature with carbon. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Then he asked the class, "What would you do for a person who had been smothered by breathing coal gas?" The Recitation Like coal gas, chimney gases contain in suspension solid particles, such as soot and ashes. Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 Upon the albo-carbon being raised to the necessary temperature it volatilizes, and as the coal gas passes over it to the burner its vapor becomes mingled with the gas, and greatly raises its illuminating power. Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures This product is obtained in the manufacture of coal gas, as already explained. An Elementary Study of Chemistry The smell of the woods is like heaven, after soot and smoke and coal gas. The Hidden Places Charles and Robert, no material advancement has been made, except the employment of coal gas, first suggested by Mr. Green. Scientific American Supplement, No. 312, December 24, 1881 It is because of the success which attended M. Chevalet's treatment of factory smoke that he turned his attention to coal gas. Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 Of course when first lighted the coal gas only is burned, but in a few minutes the albo-carbon communicates its enriching vapor to it. Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures Would anthracite coal be suitable for the manufacture of coal gas? An Elementary Study of Chemistry If an excess odor of coal gas indicates that the fumes are filling the cellar instead of going up the chimney, open the hatchway and as many windows as possible. If You're Going to Live in the Country The chemist in his laudation of rock gas and allied products is only re-echoing, when all is said and done, the modern eulogy pronounced on ordinary coal gas as a cooking and heating medium. Scientific American Supplement, No. 717, September 28, 1889 GAS from wells, cisterns, mines, illuminating gas and coal gas. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Tried alternately with ordinary coal gas, the higher illuminating power of the albo-carbon light was very remarkable. Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures It is formed when organic matter, such as coal or wood, is heated in closed vessels, and is therefore a principal constituent of coal gas. An Elementary Study of Chemistry That is to say, acetylene is explosive not only when mixed with air as coal gas is but by itself. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries They are only slight explosions of coal gas in some of the bunkers. The Moving Picture Girls Under the Palms Or Lost in the Wilds of Florida Open all windows in the house and remove patient from a house filled with coal gas. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada When I first wrote on this subject, I relied upon some data which led me to suppose that the heating power of ordinary coal gas was higher than it really is. Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 The three chief varieties are coal gas, water gas, and natural gas. An Elementary Study of Chemistry It explodes with twice as much force without air as ordinary coal gas with air. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries In order to purify coal gas from compounds of sulphur, it is passed through purifiers charged with layers of oxide of iron. Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 Through a jumble of queer old brick chimneys and dormers, and here we are at the Reading Terminal, with its familiar bitter smell of coal gas. Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned With Pintsch's oil gas, however, as compared with coal gas, this formula does not hold; and C should be taken much lower, and K much higher than the figures given above. Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 In the preparation of phosphine, why is coal gas passed into the flask? An Elementary Study of Chemistry Let us, however, carefully examine the subject, and see, by the aid of actual figures, what the risk amounts to compared with the risks of ordinary coal gas. Scientific American Supplement, No. 794, March 21, 1891 The great drawback to the use of gas for heating japanning and enamelling stoves is the great cost of coal gas. Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition For Ironware, Tinware, Wood, Etc. With Sections on Tinplating and Galvanizing Pure or slightly carbureted hydrogen is capable of being substituted to advantage for coal gas for heating or lighting. Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 Ordinary coal gas measures 30 cubic feet to the pound; and 1,000 cubic feet, therefore, weigh 33 lb. Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 Thus, in the ordinary combustion of coal gas in the air the coal gas is said to be combustible, while the air is regarded as the supporter of combustion. An Elementary Study of Chemistry In rare coal gas, the brush forms were better, but the light very poor and the colour gray. Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 The iron stove in the middle of the floor gave out warmth and coal gas. Invisible Links For some reason our furnace threw coal gas into the house in such a way as nearly to poison us. The Nervous Housewife Another plan was devised by Mr. Reuben Phillips, of Exeter, who obtained a patent for the purification of coal gas by the use of dry lime. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 290, December 29, 1827 The excess of coal gas now escapes from the opening in the asbestos and may be lighted. An Elementary Study of Chemistry These are air, nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen, coal gas, carbonic acid, muriatic acid, sulphurous acid and ammonia. Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 Then there's ignition o' coal gas aboard o' steamers. The Firm of Girdlestone You will understand that my remarks apply to coal gas only. Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885 Mr. D. Wilson, of Dublin, took out a patent for purifying coal gas by means of the chemical action of ammoniacal gas. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 290, December 29, 1827 It is sometimes used as a material for the inflation of balloons, but usually the much cheaper coal gas is substituted for it. An Elementary Study of Chemistry The dense carbon deposited in coal gas retorts, also produced the current, but ordinary charcoal did not. Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 Such as can be had is either water or coal gas, neither of which is as efficient in lifting power as hydrogen. Flying Machines: construction and operation; a practical book which shows, in illustrations, working plans and text, how to build and navigate the modern airship The commercial use of coal gas has yet to be developed. Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885 The coal gas available was inadequate, and when recourse was had to pure hydrogen the supply proved too sluggish. The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation In place of the hydrogen and oxygen the more accessible coal gas and air are respectively used. An Elementary Study of Chemistry Moreover, the facilities for obtaining the requisite inflating agent—hydrogen or coal gas—are more convenient at such a point. Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War These figures are appalling, and under ordinary conditions would be prohibitive, but there are times when the balloon operator, unable to obtain water or coal gas, must foot the bills. Flying Machines: construction and operation; a practical book which shows, in illustrations, working plans and text, how to build and navigate the modern airship It occurs in coal gas, and is produced artificially in various ways. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section P and Q A model of his was exhibited in 1840 at the Polytechnic Institution, and is described in the Times as consisting of a miniature balloon of three feet diameter, inflated with coal gas. The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation It is very inflammable, and is an ingredient of coal gas and water gas. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section F, G and H The by-products obtained in the manufacture of coal gas, the tar and the ammonia water, are nowadays scarcely less important than the coal gas itself. Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 It does not transpire that the inventor ever seriously turned his attention to the advantages of coal gas, which even at that time, although very dear, must have been much cheaper than hydrogen. Scientific American Supplement, No. 417, December 29, 1883 This is the addition of a very small quantity or coal gas, or light petroleum vapors, to the air supplied by a blower or chimney pull, to furnaces burning coke or charcoal. Scientific American Supplement, No. 430, March 29, 1884 In this vessel, inflated only with coal gas, and somewhat unmanageable and difficult to balance, the enthusiastic inventor ascended alone from the Hippodrome and executed sundry desired movements, not unsuccessfully. The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation These practical trials have shown that without altering the cylinder of the engine it is possible to admit enough of the Dowson gas to give the same power as with ordinary coal gas. Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 For instance, two of the three principal impurities in acetylene, viz., ammonia and sulphuretted hydrogen, may be detected and estimated in that gas in the same manner as in coal gas. Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power The latter object is attained by what are called atmospheric or Bunsen burners, and in which the coal gas before burning is mixed with the necessary amount of atmospheric air. Scientific American Supplement, No. 417, December 29, 1883 This is an absolute seal against the entry of oxygen in an uncombined state; free oxygen cannot exist at a very high temperature in the presence of coal gas. Scientific American Supplement, No. 430, March 29, 1884 Green's name will always be famous, if only for the fact that it was he who first adopted the use of coal gas in his calling. The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation This is only 24 to 27 per cent, of the weight of the coal required for coal gas, and in many outlying districts this will effect an appreciable saving in the cost of transport. Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 The igniting point of acetylene is lower than that of coal gas, being about 900 degrees Fahrenheit as against eleven hundred degrees for coal gas. Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon There is a sharp, prickling sensation in the nostrils, which reminds one of breathing coal gas through a radiator in the floor, and you want to sneeze, but cannot. Over the Top That a solid fuel is quite unnecessary, I will prove in a very simple manner, by burning a mixture of coal gas and air without a flame, in a bundle of iron wire. Scientific American Supplement, No. 430, March 29, 1884 He now adopts coal gas for inflation, and incidents of an impressive nature crowd into his career, forcing important facts upon him. The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation The comparative explosive force of coal gas and the Dowson gas calculated in the usual way is as 3.4:1, i. e., coal gas has 3.4 times more energy than the writer's gas. Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 A puff of soft coal gas wafted into the cave, causing the boys to hold their breaths. The Boy Scout Camera Club, or, the Confession of a Photograph What would you do in a case of apparent death by drowning, or by coal gas? Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics Andrews looked out of the window, feeling in his nostrils the tingle of steam and coal gas. Three Soldiers It is almost as invisible as a jet of coal gas or hydrogen is in air. The Invisible Man The atmosphere of the room was composed of the commingled fumes of bad liquor, bad tobacco, kerosene oil and coal gas. Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish. It has been done successfully by some amateurs, but the danger of coal gas being driven back into the house by a down draft in the chimney is too great a risk. Three Acres and Liberty In the case of a furnace, the same effect is too often experienced, and the odor of coal gas is a common one, especially when the fire is replenished. Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics The air was heavy with a smell of coal gas mixed with carbolic from men's clothes, and stale cigarette smoke. Three Soldiers The coal gas is not only much less costly, but is easily procured and managed. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 ASPHYXIA, or apparent death, whether produced by drowning, suffocation, bad air, or coal gas, requires very similar treatment. Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics |
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