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manufactured gas

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noun

  1. a gaseous fuel created from coal, oil, etc., as differentiated from natural gas.


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The source of the pollution was the Alexandria Town Gas company, a manufactured gas plant that operated between about 1851 and 1946 and was owned by the city for most of that time.

From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2022

The Pacific Gas and Electric Co. of San Francisco reported having recovered from manufactured gas thousands of tons of a sulphur compound valuable to agriculture as an insecticide and fertilizer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. David M. Spain, medical examiner of New York's Westchester County, reached these conclusions after studying the effects in his county since natural gas replaced manufactured gas a year and half ago.

From Time Magazine Archive

The city is lighted by electricity generated by the water power of Niagara Falls, and by manufactured gas.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

The amount of manufactured gas used for lighting the same city probably falls below 3,000,000 feet.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 by Various

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