converted gas
11Gas mantle — For other uses of mantle see: mantleAn incandescent gas mantle, gas mantle, or Welsbach mantle is a device for generating bright white light when heated by a flame. The name refers to its original heat source, existing gas lights which filled the …
12Gas turbine — Microturbine redirects here. For turbines in electricity, see Small wind turbine. For turbines driven by the flow of gas, see Turbine. A typical axial flow gas turbine turbojet, the J85, sectioned for display. Flow is left to right, multistage… …
13gas-turbine engine — Introduction any internal combustion engine employing a gas as the working fluid used to turn a turbine. The term also is conventionally used to describe a complete internal combustion engine consisting of at least a compressor, a… …
14Gas holder — A gasometer, or gas holder, is a large container where natural gas or town gas is stored near atmospheric pressure at ambient temperatures. The volume of the container follows the quantity of stored gas, with pressure coming from the weight of a… …
15gas meter — an apparatus for measuring and recording the amount of gas produced or consumed, esp. such an apparatus metering the amount of household gas piped into a dwelling. [1805 15] * * * ▪ measurement device device for measuring the quantity or… …
16Gas flare — which results from the decomposition of materials in the dump.Recently, under the Kyoto Treaty, some developing countries garbage collecting companies have received carbon bonus for installing burning chimneys for the methane gas produced at… …
17Gas and Fuel Corporation of Victoria — The Gas and Fuel Corporation of Victoria was a government owned monopoly supplier of household gas in Victoria, Australia. The Corporation replaced the Melbourne Metropolitan Gas Company in 1951. In 1971 the Corporation acquired the Geelong Gas… …
18Converted Flamethrower 40 — Umgebaute Flammenwerfer 40 (Converted Flamethrower 40) is a backpack flamethrower converted to shoot a powerful jet of water solution of CN gas as a riot control device. The device was first used by the Swiss police in 1940. Some Converted… …
19Converted-wave analysis — During seismic exploration, P waves (also known as primary or compressive waves) penetrate down into the earth. When a P wave hits an interface (e.g., solid liquid), it can reflect upwards as an S wave (also known as a secondary, shear or… …
20gas shell — /ˈgæs ʃɛl/ (say gas shel) noun an explosive shell containing a liquid or other material which, when the shell bursts, is converted into an asphyxiating or poisonous gas or vapour …
