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Definition of Gasholder
1. Noun. A large, telescopic cylindrical tank, with a water seal, used for storing domestic gas ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gasholder
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gasholder
Literary usage of Gasholder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ures̓ Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear by Andrew Ure (1860)
"The above estimate is made on the supposition of the gas in the gasholder being
of the same specific gravity as the atmospherical air, which would be nearly ..."
2. The Grant and Validity of British Patents for Inventions by James R. Roberts (1903)
"gasholder, in such manner that "when one point thereof tends to rise or fall,
tin same tendency is transmitted, through such gearing, round the circle to ..."
3. Handbook for Gas Engineers and Managers by Thomas Newbigging (1904)
"The following are examples of gasholder tanks construct under moderately favourable
... Piers to support gasholder columns, 4 in number, brought up from ..."
4. The Gas Engineer's Pocket-book, Comprising Tables, Notes, and Memoranda by Henry O'Connor (1907)
"gasholder TANKS. As a general rule the bearing capacity of ground 30 or 40 ...
The larger the number of the borings taken around a proposed gasholder tank ..."
5. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"The contractor paid $1.049.01 for labor In erecting and installing the gasholder
in New Bern, including therein $105 paid the foreman in setting up and ..."
6. Gas Measurement and Gas Meter Testing: Under the "Sales of Gas Act". by F. W. Hartley (1873)
"44 0 gasholder, 5^ cubic feet measuring capacity gasholder, -j^th cubic feet
measuring capacity ... The foregoing are the three sizes recognised by ..."
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