gasholder
Americannoun
noun
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Also called: gasometer. a large tank for storing coal gas or natural gas prior to distribution to users
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any vessel for storing or measuring a gas
Example Sentences
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A terrible Swiss gig in a disused gasholder inspired them to give up.
From The Guardian • Mar. 9, 2013
If the generation of gas is irregular, as when an apparatus of the type described above is used, it is advisable to insert a small gasholder or large bell-governor between the washer and the meter.
From Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power by Leeds, F. H. (Frank Henley)
The carbide contained in each chamber yields sufficient gas nearly to fill the gasholder.
From Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power by Leeds, F. H. (Frank Henley)
The new gasholder which has been erected by Messrs. C. and W. Walker for the Imperial Continental Gas Company at Erdberg, near Vienna, has been graphically described by Herr E.R.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887 by Various
Herr Brenner, the engineer of the Erdberg Works, gives a description of how the roof of a house, 54.6 meters wide, for a gasholder in Berlin, was raised to a height of 22 meters.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887 by Various
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