| 单词 | marsh gas |
| 例句 | The layer of muck had small holes all over it, where marsh gas breathed out. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The simplest of these is methane, or marsh gas, formed in nature by the bacterial decomposition of organic matter under water. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Newton's muted trumpet line hovers in the air like marsh gas; White's minor piano chords walk the listener towards the fateful spot; then, at last, there's Holiday. Strange Fruit: the first great protest song 2011-02-16T08:00:05Z I don’t read Swedish, so I’m unsure how to apportion credit for beautiful sentences, but they abound: Snide comments are “tiny puffs of marsh gas.” In ‘Carnality,’ a Wild Ride Fueled by Rash Decisions 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z The simplest of these is methane, or marsh gas, which is formed in nature by the bacterial decomposition of organic matter under water. Silent Spring—I 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z It was subject to continual leaks and floods, and suffused with fetid marsh gases that would periodically combust, ignited by the gas lamps that lit the tunnel. The Long Dig 2008-09-15T04:00:00Z Air Force determined it was all related to “marsh gas” or “swamp gas.” Who’s out there? Forum marks 50 years since UFO event 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z They include a thermal imaging spectrometer to map the surface and mineral wealth of the planet and a sensor to track methane or marsh gas - a possible sign of life. Indian Mars probe takes first images 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z It contains twice as much carbon, combined with only the same quantity of hydrogen, as is contained in marsh gas. Gas Burners Old and New 2011-11-07T02:00:20.003Z Are these pans as lethal as marsh gas? Simon Hoggart's week: sailing through dire economic straits 2011-08-13T08:59:01Z The illuminating gas which is obtained from coal by destructive distillation consists chiefly of hydrogen and gaseous hydrocarbons, the most abundant of the latter being marsh gas. Coal and What We Get from It There they found a dreary expanse of bogland where scummy pools of stagnant water and festering slime heaved sluggishly with oily bubbles of marsh gas that burst audibly in the hanging silence. Pet Farm The first treatment by scrubbing with creosote or heavy tar oil removes benzene, after which the permanent gaseous residue consisting chiefly of hydrogen and marsh gas is returned to the ovens as fuel. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" They consist almost entirely of marsh gas, with only a small quantity of carbonic acid, usually under 1%, and from 1 to 4% of nitrogen. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Underneath there is a pressure of marsh gas, which, with the pressure of the collapsing banks, squeezes the deeper layers of quicksand upwards, creating boils and blowing up the bottom. The Industrial Canal and Inner Harbor of New Orleans History, Description and Economic Aspects of Giant Facility Created to Encourage Industrial Expansion and Develop Commerce This hydrocarbon, it may be remarked, is known as triphenylmethane, as it is a derivative of methane, or marsh gas. Coal and What We Get from It That's really methane, marsh gas, the same stuff that makes the will-o'-the-wisp you can see dancing around over a marsh. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers The six gases which still proved intractable, and which hence came to be spoken of as "permanent gases," were nitrous oxide, marsh gas, carbonic oxide, oxygen, nitrogen, and hydrogen. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science The gases from the bituminous house coals of South Wales are comparatively free from marsh gas, as compared with those from the steam coal and anthracite pits. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Bisulphide of carbon gas, e. g., ignites at a very low temperature, whilst marsh gas requires a very high temperature indeed for its ignition. The Story of a Tinder-box He was half way through when a big "coal box" shell exploded a few feet away emitting a terrible stench, a cross between marsh gas and camphor balls. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders There exist in the mud of marshes, rivers and cloacae, &c., however, other anaerobic bacteria which decompose cellulose, probably hydrolysing it first and then splitting the products into carbon dioxide and marsh gas. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" You were looking on at the death of a molecule—a molecule of marsh gas, as I have already said. The Crack of Doom What volume of oxygen is necessary to burn 100 l. of marsh gas and what volume of carbon dioxide would be formed, all of the gases being measured under standard conditions? An Elementary Study of Chemistry Coal Gas.—Coal gas contains light carburetted hydrogen or marsh gas, olefiant gas, ammonia, sulphuretted hydrogen, carbonic acid, carbonic oxide, free hydrogen, and nitrogen. Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology It is beaten in this respect by chloride of methyl, ethylene, ammonia, sulphurous acid, nitrous oxide, and marsh gas. Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 With one atom of carbon united with four atoms of hydrogen she spells marsh gas; and so on. The Breath of Life In this respect it is not unlike the marsh gas with which everyone is familiar, which is found bubbling up from swamps and morasses, and which constitutes the "will o' the wisp" of romance. Scientific American Supplement, No. 717, September 28, 1889 There was no indication of marsh gas or swamp fire. The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects You don't think, then," he said, breaking the silence that had fallen upon them, "that this—er—marsh gas could have caused the death of Wynne and Collins? The Riddle of the Frozen Flame They unite, therefore, in the proportion of one atom of carbon to four of hydrogen, or CH4, which is methane or marsh gas and obviously the simplest of the hydrocarbons. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries But it has been already proved that acetylene may be polymerized, so as to produce aromatic carbides, or the derivatives of marsh gas, by the absorption of hydrogen. Scientific American Supplement, No. 443, June 28, 1884 In rock gas, marsh gas itself is actually found in the proportion of about 93 per cent. Scientific American Supplement, No. 717, September 28, 1889 In marsh gas, or methane, CH4, again, the energy of combustion is considerably less than that due to the burning of its carbon and hydrogen separately. Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. It's no more natural marsh gas than I am! The Riddle of the Frozen Flame Tables are given showing the formul� for the homologues of ethylene and marsh gas resulting from the increase in regular gradation of the same constituents. Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 He saw with a feeling of despair that it was marsh gas which they had expected—one of the simplest and commonest of chemical combinations. The Firm of Girdlestone The composition of marsh gas is very simple. Scientific American Supplement, No. 717, September 28, 1889 Yes, they're both 'marsh gas' caused by the decay of the huge ferns and plants of the carboniferous age. Ethel Morton's Enterprise Here goes: marsh gas, or methane as it is sometimes called, is the first of the group of hydrocarbons known as paraffins. The Riddle of the Frozen Flame It is now, however, recognized to mean simply the air of sewers, generally not differing very greatly from common air, containing a certain proportion of marsh gas, carbonic acid, and sulphureted hydrogen, etc. Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 Doubtless there is a loss of carbon also, for there is an evolution of marsh gas which contains carbon. The Story of Germ Life Thus two volumes of marsh gas would separate into one of C and four of H. What is its symbol and supposed condensation? An Introduction to Chemical Science Strong undergraduates cannot withstand its nervous depression and the sleeplessness arising from damp air charged with marsh gases and bacteria. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 14 Those flames are nothing more nor less than marsh gas, Sir Nigel, evolved from the decomposition of vegetation, and therefore only found in swampy regions such as this. The Riddle of the Frozen Flame A few exceptional cases, however, in which chemists and geologists of deserved distinction have claimed the possibility and even probability of the production of marsh gas, petroleum, etc., through inorganic agencies, require notice. Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 "For bodies consisting of marsh gas, they hold together wonderfully." A journey in other worlds A romance of the future "Yes, that is all they are—the outcome of marsh gas." The Riddle of the Frozen Flame There's natural marsh gas and there are—other things as well. 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