| 单词 | gasometer |
| 例句 | Such comments elicited a quip from Bernard Berenson that gasometers and industrial pipes are also "in the round" – a response that almost seems to presage the post-war industrial aesthetic of constructed and minimalist sculpture. Modern British Sculpture at the Royal Academy - review 2011-01-15T00:05:50Z The £189m building, by quirky Dutch practice Mecanoo, is a gigantic stack of boxes wrapped in a metal skin, inspired by the gasometers, tunnels, canals and viaducts that fuelled the city's growth. 2013 architecture preview: capital views from the Shard and Birmingham's giant boxes of books 2012-12-30T20:23:01Z Now its four brick gasometers are home to a clutch of nightclubs, creative agencies and publishing houses. Moscow's architectural heritage is crumbling under capitalism 2010-08-10T13:50:00Z Listed by English Heritage, which is insisting on their reconstruction nearby, the King's Cross gasometers were the finest examples of a very simple piece of technology. In praise of? gasometers 2011-07-20T01:15:13Z These playhouses encompass everything from gasometers and water tanks to winter circuses – and, in the case of London's Roundhouse, a beautiful former railroad shed in Camden. Director Robert Lepage: risking it all 2012-10-08T17:31:23Z In Amsterdam, the “Vespers” were staged in the Gashouder — a massive, cylindrical former gasometer that now serves as a cultural venue and a nightclub. At the Armory, Monteverdi’s ‘Vespers’ Are Newly Immersive 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z The Ostiense neighbourhood, right on the Tiber river, was once the site of a power station, a restless river port and a gasometer, whose skeleton still looms. 10 of the coolest neighbourhoods in Europe 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z Middle-class homes are connected to those gasometers through networks of pipes supplying the hydrogen needed as fuel to run all kinds of handy electrical devices. How a Victorian Lawyer from Wales Invented the Hydrogen Fuel Cell 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z As their name suggests, gasholders - also sometimes known as gasometers - were used to store large volumes of gas. Listed status for the Oval's Victorian gasholder - BBC News 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z To the disgruntlement of his contemporaries, who complained that this so-called gasometer was not a meter but a container, the name gasometers stuck and slid into general use. Will the UK's gas holders be missed? 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z "One of the crazy things is that the government at the time allowed a TNT factory in the middle of an urban area right next to two gasometers," Mr Derbyshire said. WW1 dangers for women left behind 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z Make room for the modern bard, who is "Bluffed not a bit by drain-pipes, gasometers, and artificial fertilizers." The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Everywhere you look you will see one of the huge gasometers that have been a constant feature of the cityscape for almost 20 years now. How a Victorian Lawyer from Wales Invented the Hydrogen Fuel Cell 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z We turned and swung down the slope between the last sullied cornfields towards Basford, where the swollen gasometers stood like toadstools. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z To avoid confusion, the structure are now most commonly referred to as gas holders, though gasometer is still accepted. Will the UK's gas holders be missed? 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Furthermore, the production 175 of the gas under pressure necessitated the use of a gasometer for its collection before it was supplied to the engine-cylinder. Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants A Practice Treatise Setting Forth the Principles of Gas-Engines and Producer Design, the Selection and Installation of an Engine, Conditions of Perfect Operation, Producer-Gas Engines and Their Possibilities, the Care of Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants, with a Chapter on Volatile Hydrocarbon and Oil Engines 2011-12-28T03:00:31.087Z Down left is a large open French window, opening on a balcony, with a view beyond of the open square and some large dull-red gasometers in the distance. The Brass Bottle A Farcical Fantastic Play in Four Acts 2011-10-11T02:01:04.737Z From the direction of the gasometer came the dull sound of an explosion. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z A single spark of fire from the furnace that created the gas will show most of them to be treacherous and unsafe gasometers. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution In this happy land you need no nitrous oxide to promote the high spirits of your party; I had rather have a sub. in a marching regiment than a whole gasometer full of it. Jack Hinton The Guardsman The gas collected in the bell or in one or more of the receptacles passes into the gasometer and then into the service pipes. Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants A Practice Treatise Setting Forth the Principles of Gas-Engines and Producer Design, the Selection and Installation of an Engine, Conditions of Perfect Operation, Producer-Gas Engines and Their Possibilities, the Care of Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants, with a Chapter on Volatile Hydrocarbon and Oil Engines 2011-12-28T03:00:31.087Z The gasometer even must fall to pieces unless it is renewed; but the grass renews itself. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time The Niagara Falls, so far from being in a lonely spot, are surrounded by gasometers, steel factories, and chimney pots. My Impressions of America Its black dome, like an unusual species of gasometer, is the admiration of modern Italian architects. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) Demostheneses, and sucking Ciceros, first tap their gasometers "in the haouse." The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes I, however, never approach it without due preparation and humility, so crowded is it with scientific instruments, telescopes, chronometers, barometers, gasometers, etc., none of which may be touched by hands profane. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 Fill a gasometer with purified argon and we'll introduce a few of these crystals and explode them. Poisoned Air Governors of much larger size, but working on much the same principle, are fitted to the mains at the point where they leave the gasometers. 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 Connect up the inlet tube of the Bulloch's jar with the sterile gas filter, and this again with the delivery tube of the gasometer or gas generator. The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. He walked on, past the huge gasometers and furnaces of the Gas Company, and over the railway and canal bridges, to the Harrow Road, when he turned mechanically to the right. The Giant's Robe Each of them had four cylinders, eighty inches in diameter; and all were driven by the hydrogen from the huge gasometers which our holds formed. The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea Od’s Bodikins; what monstrous ruffs, What gowns of rich embroidered stuffs Piped and scolloped, trimmed with furs, And shaped like huge gasometers. A Humorous History of England On leaving the purifiers it flows into the gasometer, or gasholder, the huge cake-like form of which is a very familiar object in the environs of towns. 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 The Squire was not so modern in his ideas as to set up his own gasometer, so the stables were lighted by lanterns, with an oil-lamp fixed here and there against the wall. Vixen, Volume I. If it should ever freeze, the gasometer might as well be on the ground, for it could not move up and down, or be trusted to keep the gas from leaking out around the edges. Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls There was a big green gasometer of carbon dioxide, a glittering brass-bound pump and a filling apparatus. In Mesopotamia Mr. Dickerson rightly remarks that it is disadvantageous to directly control the distribution of the water upon the carbide by means of the holder of the gasometer. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 Seemingly the crust of the earth for hundreds of miles around acts like a huge gasometer pressing down on the pent-up gases with its weight. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania “He’s down at the bottom of a gasometer,” answered Joe; “leastwise he was there this afternoon—an’ a dirty place it is.” Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters Then as more gas comes in to take up this room, the gasometer keeps on rising slowly. Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls A small gasometer could be erected, and the necessary apparatus procured at little expense, and by such means, I would suppose, it could be carried to any part of the mines, which are not extensive. An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners This plug turns 90 degrees, when it is maneuvered by the chain of the gasometer. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 It will be about 150 feet in length, 20 to 40 feet diameter of the gasometer, with propelling blades on each side of the centre, describing a radius of about 16 feet. Up in the Clouds Balloon Voyages "Do you intend taking the dome of St. Paul's for a gasometer?" was the sneering question of even the great scientist, Humphry Davy. Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power But I guess you’ve had arithmetic enough for the present, so we’ll go out now and see the gasometer, or gas reservoir.” Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls The Dutch ambulance I saw at Brandfort had a complete installation of acetylene gas, which was carried, gasometer and all, in one Scotch cart. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre The height of the water in the tank is sufficient to furnish the pressure necessary to allow the gas to enter the gasometer through the pipe, 12. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 The gasometer will be made, probably, of thin muslin or silk, saturated with gutta-percha. Up in the Clouds Balloon Voyages They had disconnected the gas at the gasometer and cut the electric wires, and the city was plunged in darkness. The Eternal City Four stout posts, much taller still than the “bandbox” itself, were set at equal distances around it, and their extremities were joined by stout beams which passed across over the top of the gasometer. Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls Especially important are the manufacture of machinery, boilers, gasometers, pianos, preserves, chemicals, beer and sausages. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" The acetylene formed is disengaged and enters the gasometer. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 Some considerable contracts for girders, bridges, gasometers, etc., are under execution at the works devoted to constructive ironwork; but the merchant iron trade, as a whole, is very dull. Scientific American, Volume XXXVI., No. 8, February 24, 1877 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. The gasometer consists of two iron cans, the lower one being open at the top and filled with water and the upper one open at the bottom and suspended by a counterweight. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural Materials and Fuels. Paper No. 1171 On the other hand, as the people in town draw off the gas to burn, the gasometer would, of course, tend to sink down gradually. Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls On we went, following the course of the river, then turned over Vauxhall Bridge and on down Vauxhall Bridge Road into a very dreary neighborhood where gasometers formed the notable feature of the landscape. The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor The disengaged acetylene enters the gasometer, B, through the pipe, D. The extremity of the latter is bent into the form of a swan's neck. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 Another improvement made by Clegg at this time was a device which maintained the pressure of gas approximately constant regardless of the pressure in the gasometer or tank. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization These gas jets communicate with a gasometer tilled with hydrogen, the bell of which is so charged as to furnish a jet of sufficient strength. Scientific American Supplement, No. 443, June 28, 1884 The town gasometer had evidently been blown completely into the air, what was left of it was perched on its head in a drunken fashion. Fanny Goes to War The crust of roofs ends abruptly in a country which is a complexity of gasometers, canals, railway junctions, between which cabbage fields in long spokes radiate from the train and revolve. London River The first opens and the second intercepts communication between the gas generator and the gasometer, while the third puts these two parts of the apparatus in communication with the atmosphere. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 Carbide, looking like little lumps of granite, is placed in a tray at the bottom of the generator for acetylene gas, which is of the form of a small portable gasometer. Women and War Work As a gasometer, one may use a container made on the principle of the lung-testing apparatus described on p. Things To Make The trustees of the church had been building a gasometer back of the church, and the night I speak of the building was for the first time to be lighted in the modern way. Around The Tea-Table Its strangeness depends, very likely, as much on an idle and squandering mind as on the ships, the River, and the gasometers. London River It is well to use salt water for the gasometer, as acetylene is but slightly soluble therein. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 She glanced at the broad back of Captain Tobias, who stood a few paces away, with legs planted wide and gaze still wrapped in contemplation of the gasometer. Hocken and Hunken These mains were connected with a ten-inch main from a heavily-weighed gasometer at the Windsor Street works of the Birmingham Gas Company, which was reserved for the sole use of the illumination. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically The Imperial Gas-Light and Coke Company were erecting at their Hackney station two gasometers of 10,000 cubic feet each, and about to erect four more of the same size. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 290, December 29, 1827 Around the field was a wide border of infinitesimal hats and pale faces, rising in tiers, and beyond this border fences, hoardings, chimneys, furnaces, gasometers, telegraph-poles, houses, and dead trees. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories The chamber of shelter likewise contained the gasometer for regulating the supply of gas to the testing apparatus, and the electrical machine for firing the cartridges under test. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 The gasometer, as it has erroneously been called, is a familiar object to most people, not only to sight but unfortunately also to the organs of smell. The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes When thoroughly washed, it flows through the pipe, L, into the gasometer, which is of galvanized iron, and is very carefully balanced. Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885 And then, gas motors are sold at high prices, as are gas generators, and this installation necessarily requires the addition of a large gasometer, scrubbers, etc. Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 That is a natural gasometer within the reach of all purses. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent The quantity of carbide necessary to fill the gasometer is introduced into the basket. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 Behind it a second air-fleet was already swelling at its gasometers when England and France and Spain and Italy showed their hands. The War in the Air This sucks up the gas stored in the gasometer and the water contained in the reservoir, and forces them into the sphere. Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885 The idea was ridiculed by Sir Humphry Davy, who asked one of the projectors if he intended to take the dome of St. Paul's for a gasometer! Men of Invention and Industry For these reasons it was decided to construct a metallic bridge that should be lifted by means of counterpoises and balanced after the manner of gasometers. Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 The gas upon making its exit from the gasometer flows through the pipe, T, to the burners, V. Fig. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 It was mixed with carbon dioxide as required, then analyzed, and preserved in gasometers holding 66 liters. Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 The conduits, Q and Q', and their valves, K and K', direct the gases toward the purifiers and the gasometer. Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885 Custom-house—costly enough, genuine enough, but as a decoration it is inferior to a gasometer. Life on the Mississippi, Part 9. This liquid oxygen is then allowed to return to a gas and is stored in large gasometers or tanks. 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 On the dreary suburban edge of a very old, very ignorant, very sooty, hardhearted, stony-streeted, meanly grim, little provincial town there stands a gasometer. The Romance of Zion Chapel [3d ed.] Two men were working in a gasometer, when the rope that held their scaffolding broke. Dracula's Guest At a distance they are not unlike overgrown gasometers. The Secrets of the German War Office The Towers are not tall, but are low in proportion to their circumference, like a gasometer. Following the Equator, Part 5 The generator can then be operated until a quantity of gas has been made that will fill the large holder, or gasometer, and then allowed to remain idle for some time. 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 The dull workmen's streets that here abruptly present unfinished ends to the universe must console themselves with the gasometer. The Romance of Zion Chapel [3d ed.] There was about seven feet of water in the gasometer, so they had a hard fight for it, poor fellows. Dracula's Guest And meantime, all around, people will be dying for want of some of the air that he will have bottled up in his gasometers. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists They halted, blown and breathless, in the furze at the back of the gasometer, the College lights twinkling below, ten minutes at least late for tea and lock-up. Stalky & Co. Gas Holders.—The commonest type of gas container is that known as a gasometer. 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 The romantic eyes of one of the greatest French poets once looked on that gasometer! The Romance of Zion Chapel [3d ed.] It may have been the bathing-machines, or the gasometer beyond the railway station, or the flag above the Royal Hotel. The Fawn Gloves The miner could not live in a place filled with this injurious gas, any more than one could live in a gasometer full of common gas. The Underground City, or, the Child of the Cavern They were throwing pebbles on the top of the gasometer, and the grimy gas-man in change bade them desist. Stalky & Co. You can just see one of the big gasometers. Dope Well, at all events, it is to Gasometer Street and New Zion that you are respectfully invited, and before you decline the invitation with a shrug, I will tell you this about the gasometer. The Romance of Zion Chapel [3d ed.] Beyond her was a row of bathing-machines, and beyond that again a gasometer. The Fawn Gloves The ground-floor rooms contained benches and apparatus, the bakehouse and scullery boiler had developed into respectable furnaces, dynamos occupied the cellar, and there was a gasometer in the garden. The First Men in the Moon Yes, and that French poet passed the gasometer on his way to New Zion. The Romance of Zion Chapel [3d ed.] |
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