inflammable gas

"Like when you're in a chamber full of inflammable gas."

"An inflammable gas, and one markedly lighter than the atmosphere.

We have to demonstrate that they can clear out inflammable gas from underground rooms."

That tank had released an inflammable gas; in a very few seconds, it would fill the sunken laboratory.

These clocks are rare; hydrogen is a most inflammable gas and perhaps the majority have exploded in use."

These are inflammable gases - butane, isobutane and propane.

An escape of inflammable gas under pressure extinguished the rescue team's Davy lamps but they continued working in darkness.

It is nothing more than a stream of inflammable gas issuing from a cavern, such as is seen in several places among the Apennines.

They did so, building apparatus to generate lighter than air inflammable gases from coal and other inflammable substances.

In fact, it is because it gives off vapors of inflammable gas so readily that it is called gasoline.

He may venture without fear of explosion into the midst of the most inflammable gases, and the lantern will burn beneath the deepest waters.

The conductive booties-designed to prevent static electricity, so hazardous where inflammable gas was flowing-were kept in a large cardboard box on the lower shelf.

A major concern is over the release of arsine, a highly poisonous, inflammable gas that is stored by manufacturers of computer chips.

The huge bladders being filled to raise the rocket contained fiercely inflammable gas; let but one firebrand fall among them, and the site would be a desert.

"We have delayed too long," exclaimed the doctor; "we must now pass through a zone of fire, with our balloon filled as it is with inflammable gas!"

The explosion of a mixture of inflammable gas and air acts directly upon the piston, which acts through a connecting rod upon a crank-shaft.

It had also been known for a long time that inflammable gases could be produced from most combustible materials, such as coal and wood, through the process of distillation.

Besides, the cables, the pylons, the transformers were too close: to be swept in among them, with a zeppelin full of inflammable gas, would be instantly fatal.

This ingenious application of electricity would enable us to go on for a long time by creating an artificial light even in the midst of the most inflammable gases.

Independent engineering consultants have identified serious design flaws in the proposed nuclear waste dump at Sellafield, which may lead to a build up, and possible explosion, of inflammable gas.

They are not recommended for odours arising from toxic or inflammable gases, such as hydrogen sulphide, formaldehyde or chlorine, since the odour of such gases is a warning.

Special cable fittings may be applied to prevent explosive gases from flowing in the interior of jacketed cables, where the cable passes through areas where inflammable gases are present.

In spite of this, rescue workers were not able to approach the wreck (the bows of which was still above water) for two weeks due to clouds of toxic and inflammable gas surrounding it.

For this purpose, the inflammable gas, which exudes plentifully from the soil, is collected by means of pipes, and thence communicated to a quadruple row of lamps, along the whole extent of the passage.