Sentence examples for town gas from inspiring English sources

In the early and mid-1800s, for instance, "town gas" made from coal was developed and used to illuminate streetlights.

The new designed burner focusing on the flowing and mixing processes of town gas ejector were optimized by CFD approach and validated by experiment.

Instead, gas obtained from carbonized coal (known as town gas) became the primary fuel for illuminating streets and houses throughout much of Europe from 1790 on.

In the town of Van Horne, Iowa (population 671), Cruz drew more than 100 people at a Sunday night stop at the town gas station.

Thus, associated gas was mostly flared (i.e., burned at the wellhead), and nonassociated gas was left in the ground, while town gas was manufactured for use in the cities.

In the traditional chemical industry, aromatics such as benzene, toluene, and the xylenes were made from coal during the course of carbonization in the production of coke and town gas.

His campaign hoped to hold whistle-stop events at small-town gas stations where he could mingle with one or two dozen voters.

Across the country, you'll find the sugary bars for sale at small-town gas stations and supermarkets, where they compete with Nanaimo bar baking kits.

And it's also unknown whether the chief's out-of-town gas payments — which frequently ranged as far away from his jurisdiction as Arizona, Utah and Wyoming — were done for legitimate business paid for by Costa Mesa taxpayers.

The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw said watching the movie, which also starred Denise van Outen and Neil Morrissey, led to an "overwhelming desire to buy an old-fashioned town-gas cooking appliance in which one's head will fit snugly".

When I visited, gasoline in Bluefields, the closest town with gas stations, was $6 per gallon, and you can't buy more than one barrel of gas without providing a photo ID, a measure the government adopted to combat drug trafficking.