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Definition of Gushers
1. gusher [n] - See also: gusher
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gushers
Literary usage of Gushers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1902)
"Live» were lost by brave workmen who, in order to close the valve, approached
gushers that had broken loose, and were overcome by the deadly gases. ..."
2. A Handbook of the Petroleum Industry by David Talbot Day (1922)
"But the world's largest gushers have been found in the state of Vera Cruz, Mexico.
The first of these and possibly the largest, the Dos Bocas, was completed ..."
3. Petroleum, Asphalt and Natural Gas (1918)
"OIL gushers. The largest oil well in the world is one which came in near Tampico,
Mexico, Feb. 10, 1916. It was known as Cero Azul No. ..."
4. Petroleum, Asphalt and Natural Gas (1918)
"OIL gushers. The largest oil well in the world is one which came in near Tampico,
Mexico, Feb. 10, 1916. It was known as Cero Azul No. ..."
5. Mexican Petroleum: Description of Properties of the Pan American Petroleum by W. J. Archer (1922)
"THREE FAMOUS gushers CENTURIES before the sources of petroleum were reached by
the drill, it was obtained from shallow pits sunk where there were exudes, ..."
6. Petroleum Production Methods by John R. Suman (1921)
"THE CONTROLLING OF gushers AND GASSERS The Control Casing Head Throughout the
Mid-Continent fields the control casing head finds extensive use in the ..."
7. Above the Snow Line: Mountaineering Sketches Between 1870 and 1880 by Clinton Thomas Dent (1885)
"... of reaching mountain summits—A rock bombardment and a narrow escape—The youthful
tourist and his baggage—Hotel trials—We are interviewed—The gushers. ..."
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