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electrolytic gas

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noun

  1. a mixture of two parts of hydrogen and one part of oxygen by volume, formed by the electrolysis of water

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Dumas used to show the experiment of blowing out a candle with electrolytic gas.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

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