MANUFACTURED GAS
\mˌanjuːfˈakt͡ʃəd ɡˈas], \mˌanjuːfˈaktʃəd ɡˈas], \m_ˌa_n_j_uː_f_ˈa_k_tʃ_ə_d ɡ_ˈa_s]\
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Particular gas mixtures obtained by (1) thermal decomposition of oil, known as a petroleum gas), (2) destructive distillation of coal, known as coal gas, or (3) steam reaction as it passes through a bed of heated coal or coke, known as water gas.
By Henry Campbell Black
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).