The properties of liquid and solid acetylene have been investigated by D. Mcintosh. From LearnThat.org. [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Acetylene]
Also, much modern torch use acetylene is still made this way. From Wordnik.com. [Flammable Ice] Reference
The cylinders contained acetylene, which is a highly energetic chemical. From Wordnik.com. [Unthreaded #16 « Climate Audit] Reference
These are known as acetylene dichloride and tetrachloride respectively, or more systematically as dichlorethylene and tetrachlorethane. From Wordnik.com. [Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use] Reference
The use of acetylene gas has already been referred to. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
The air in their flat stank of acetylene and brasso. From Wordnik.com. [A Tragedy In Three Acts (St. Petersburg Blues)] Reference
The acetylene formed is disengaged and enters the gasometer. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896] Reference
An abundant evolution of acetylene takes place without heating. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884] Reference
Only two of them, methane and acetylene, will be discussed here. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
There was a dark room for developing, acetylene gas for lighting. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
"If you'd added acetylene and alcohol you'd made it a bit longer.". From Wordnik.com. [Miss Pat at School] Reference
When treated with water the carbide is decomposed, yielding acetylene. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
Hence 2 volumes of acetylene will react with 5 volumes of oxygen to form. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
The holder immediately rises as a consequence of the production of acetylene. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896] Reference
Iron workers used acetylene torches to carve transportable units from the ruins. From Wordnik.com. [The Week After] Reference
After these come acetylene, a gas giving an intense light of high actinic power. From Wordnik.com. [Bromide Printing and Enlarging A Practical Guide to the Making of Bromide Prints by Contact and Bromide Enlarging by Daylight and Artificial Light, With the Toning of Bromide Prints and Enlargements] Reference
This arrangement is evidently useless when it is desired to collect the acetylene alone. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896] Reference
In what proportion must acetylene and oxygen be mixed to produce the greatest explosion?. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
It is used in considerable quantities as a source of acetylene gas for illuminating purposes. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
It was "boosted" with metal containers of hydrogen or acetylene, to make it even more lethal. From Wordnik.com. [The Plot] Reference
It is well to use salt water for the gasometer, as acetylene is but slightly soluble therein. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896] Reference
The preparation and properties of methane and acetylene have been discussed in a previous chapter. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
And now he proceeded to examine it thoroughly, lighting a powerful acetylene lamp for the purpose. From Wordnik.com. [A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa] Reference
British and Foreign regulations for the construction and installation of acetylene generating plant. From Wordnik.com. [Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use] Reference
I was a car man's helper, hired to haul tools, use an acetylene torch and not kill anyone in the process. From Wordnik.com. [Summer Jobs: 'Big Iron'] Reference
In contact with water it is decomposed with the evolution of pure acetylene gas, having a pleasant ethereal odor. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
The study of these oxidations was then extended to typical unsaturated hydrocarbons -- viz. acetylene and benzene. From Wordnik.com. [Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900] Reference
When the stopcock is open the water rises, and, coming into contact with the carbide in the inner tube, generates acetylene. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
The acetylene forms when the water reaches the carbide, and its disengagement ceases when the pressure forces the water back. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896] Reference
They looked eagerly through the twilight for a light, expecting that George would have the great acetylene lamp in working order. From Wordnik.com. [The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier] Reference
Reaction: effects of heat effect of heat on the chemical reaction effects of heat on the acetylene effects of heat on the carbide. From Wordnik.com. [Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use] Reference
Description of a number of prominent acetylene apparatus, with illustrations and sectional views thereof. -- 12 illustrations. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896] Reference
The big acetylene lamp which, had come in with the boys 'baggage had not been set up, so the cabin was now lighted only by flashlights. From Wordnik.com. [The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier] Reference
The acetylene is produced by the reaction of the water falling in small quantity upon the carbide contained in the gas generator, A. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896] Reference
The hissing of the acetylene burners sounded loud in the room during the pause in which the sunburned planters waited the Major's answer. From Wordnik.com. [Terry A Tale of the Hill People] Reference
No other gas which can be produced on a commercial scale is capable of giving, volume for volume, so great a yield of light as acetylene. From Wordnik.com. [Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use] Reference
Presently their big acetylene lights picked out a caped policeman standing in the centre of the roadway, his arm upraised for them to halt. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
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