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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any form of gas used for generating power; specifically, gas which is generated in a gas-producer and is used in an internal-combustion engine.
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Lépinay found that with pure acetylene ignition of the charge was apt to be premature; and that while the consumption of carburetted acetylene in small motors still materially exceeded the theoretical, further economics could be attained, which, coupled with the smooth and regular running of an engine fed with the carburetted gas, made carburetted acetylene distinctly the better power-gas of the two.
Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield
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