gas tube
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gas tube
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
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Might be one of those gas-discharge curves, if the gas tube happened to be defective.
From The Romantic Analogue by W.W. Skupeldyckle
A brush flame from the larger gas tube of the single blowpipe table is most suitable for the work of bending the tubes.
From On Laboratory Arts by Richard Threlfall
Only one of us must risk taking the gas tube any nearer the enemy.
From The Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds by George Henry Weiss
A second trip had to be made to bring the gas tube.
From The Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds by George Henry Weiss
Laboriously he and Manuel advanced with the gas tube.
From The Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds by George Henry Weiss
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