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Definition of Gasoline tank
1. Noun. A tank for holding gasoline to supply a vehicle.
Group relationships: Fuel System
Generic synonyms: Storage Tank, Tank
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gasoline Tank
Literary usage of Gasoline 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)
"However, if the vent tube regularly overflows, one of the following conditions
may be cause : (a) Air hole in main gasoline tank filler cap may be too small ..."
2. The Modern Gasoline Automobile: Its Design, Construction, Operation and by Victor Wilfred Pagé (1917)
"Disadvantages of Rear Location: First, places gasoline tank where it may be easily
damaged by rear-end collisions or by backing around in narrow quarters ..."
3. The Gasoline Automobile by George William Hobbs (1915)
"When the gasoline tank is placed at the rear of the frame, it is obviously ...
By putting a pressure in the gasoline tank, the gasoline may be forced by ..."
4. Gasoline and Other Motor Fuels by Carleton Ellis, Joseph V. Meigs (1921)
"The water is drawn out from time to time from the bottom of the gasoline tank,
and the gasoline is then passed into a still whereupon the connection between ..."
5. Self-propelled Vehicles: A Practical Treatise on the Theory, Construction by James Edward Homans (1902)
"Filling the gasoline tank : Quality of Gasoline.—The next essential act in
preparing a carriage for running is to fill the gasoline tank. ..."
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