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Definition of Gas tank

1. Noun. A tank for holding gasoline to supply a vehicle.

Definition of Gas tank

1. Noun. A fuel tank for gasoline built into equipment, especially vehicles. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gas Tank

Literary usage of Gas tank

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"Prestolite gas tank Pointers. Prestolite gauges, how to read them; several styles of gauges are used, some register in atmospheres, some in pounds and some ..."

2. Mechanics by Lewis Raymond Smith (1922)
"218) is connected at C to a gas tank through a two-way valve. ... When the valve is opened to the gas tank, the level in A is 3 in. above the level in B. ..."

3. The Law in Business Problems: Cases and Other Materials for the Study of by Lincoln Frederick Schaub, Nathan Isaacs (1921)
"'When the lower part of the plate is not covered by'the label, surely the user or purchaser recognizes it as a "Prest-o-Lite gas tank," and will naturally ..."

4. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1922)
"And then I screw it on tight, and attach the gas. tank which has a rubber tubing to the soda water, and charge it a little at a time and then shake it. ..."

5. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"On that day the gas tank burst and the plaintiff was hurt. ... That day a gas tank exploded. This gas tank had been used for storing ..."

6. Sketches in Crude-oil: Some Accidents and Incidents of the Petroleum by John James McLaurin (1902)
"The explosion hurled the large gas-tank a hundred feet. ... Near Halsey, in the Kane field, James Bowser was standing on a gas-tank, while a workman was ..."

7. Quarterly of the National Fire Protection Association by National Fire Protection Association (1896)
"Observers stated that a few seconds elapsed before a big flash occurred, enveloping the rear of the LP- gas tank truck. The drivers of the vehicles were not ..."

8. An Analytical Digest of the Cases Published in the New Series of the Law by Francis Towers Streeten, Edward Alfred Hadley (1868)
"The site for the gas-tank was selected by an experienced engineer, and the company ... After some years the gas-tank cracked at the bottom, the washings, ..."

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