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air gas

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noun

  1. another name for producer gas

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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These changes allowed systems that handle air, gas, cooling, and water flow to remain operational after launch.

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“Central air, gas fireplace inserts and a more open kitchen.”

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The temperature thereupon quickly rises in the generator, A, while, at the same time, the combustion of the air gas produced soon reheats the chambers, B'.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885 by Various

This gas, through the action of the air upon the fuel, is called "air gas," in order to distinguish it from the "water gas" formed in the second period of the process.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885 by Various

The air gas that now makes its exit from the pipe, M, in the chamber, T, meets another current of air coming from the pipe, N, and is thus burned.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885 by Various

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