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Definition of Air gas
1. Noun. A gas made of carbon monoxide and hydrogen and nitrogen; made by passing air over hot coke.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Air Gas
Literary usage of Air 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 (1911)
"As coal-gas spread to the smaller villages and electric lighting became utilized
in large houses, the use of air-gas died out, but with the general ..."
2. A Text-book on the Gas, Oil, and Air Engines by Bryan Donkin (1896)
"Hot air, compressed do.,and air, gas, &c. Hydrocarbon. Generator for gas and gas
for tram loco. Starting tram loco., with hydrocarbon. Valves and governing. ..."
3. Chemistry: General, Medical, and Pharmaceutical, Including the Chemistry of by John Attfield (1876)
"The air-gas lamps (Fig. 7), or "Bunsen" gas-burners commonly used in chemical
laboratories arc constructed on this principle; their flame has the additional ..."
4. Outlines of Industrial Chemistry: A Text-book for Students by Frank Hall Thorp (1916)
"air gas, so-called, is made by blowing a carefully regulated current of air
through layers of the ... air gas is much used where other gas is not available. ..."
5. Chemical Technology, Or, Chemistry in Its Applications to Arts and Manufactures by Charles Edward Groves, William Thorp, Friedrich Ludwig Knapp, Thomas Richardson, Edmund Ronalds, Henry Watts, William Joseph Dibdin (1895)
"CHAPTER XL Air-gas Machines and Carburettors. AIR gas, which is largely used in
the United States and elsewhere, consists of an inflammable mixture of air ..."
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