town gas
Piped municipal fuel
Town gas is a fuel gas manufactured from coal and distributed through municipal pipe networks, used for lighting and heating before natural gas became dominant.
The term distinguishes this manufactured product from natural gas extracted from the ground.
Town gas production largely ended in developed countries by the late 20th century, though the infrastructure it created—gas mains running under city streets—still carries natural gas today.
Toxic combustion byproduct gas
- hydrogenSimplest atomic element
- methaneSimplest alkane fuel
- hydrocarbonsCarbon-hydrogen organic compounds
- calorificProducing heat energy
combustible · toxic · poisonous · flammable · volatile · odor · sulfur · impurities
Preparing food with heat
- stoveKitchen heating appliance
- burnerHeat-producing device component
- flameBurning gas made visible
- boilerWater-heating vessel
water heater · pilot light · kitchen · heating · mantle · appliance · meter
Municipal outdoor illumination
- gaslightDistort someone's reality
- lamplighterOne who lit streetlights
- municipalOf city government
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
piping · valve · regulator · service line
Conversion to char
- cokeCarbonized coal fuel
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
- bituminousContaining natural tar
- anthraciteHighest-grade coal variety
coking · gasometer · byproducts · tar · ammonia · purification · scrubbing
Of a prim era
- 19th centuryThe eighteen hundreds
- gaslight eraPre-electric illumination period
- street lampRoadside illumination fixture
- lamplighterOne who lit streetlights
Dickensian · industrial revolution · urbanization · modernization · obsolete
carbon monoxide
Toxic combustion byproduct gas
- hydrogenSimplest atomic element
- methaneSimplest alkane fuel
- hydrocarbonsCarbon-hydrogen organic compounds
calorific · combustible · toxic · poisonous · flammable · volatile · odor · sulfur · impurities
cooking
Preparing food with heat
boiler · water heater · pilot light · kitchen · heating · mantle · appliance · meter
street lighting
Municipal outdoor illumination
- gaslightDistort someone's reality
- lamplighterOne who lit streetlights
- municipalOf city government
infrastructure · piping · valve · regulator · service line
carbonization
Conversion to char
- cokeCarbonized coal fuel
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
- bituminousContaining natural tar
anthracite · coking · gasometer · byproducts · tar · ammonia · purification · scrubbing
Victorian
Of a prim era
- 19th centuryThe eighteen hundreds
- gaslight eraPre-electric illumination period
- street lampRoadside illumination fixture
lamplighter · Dickensian · industrial revolution · urbanization · modernization · obsolete
- gas mixturesair, biogas, nitrox, compressed air
- fuel gasespropane, butane, methane, ethane, LNG
- gas synthesisfluidized bed, reformer, synthetic fuels, synfuel, carbon monoxide
- Old Gas Namesphlogiston, foul air, carbonic acid, caloric
- fuel usesheating, cooking, electricity, transportation, power plants
- fuelsgasoline, diesel, coal, petrol, kerosene
town gasnatural gas
Subterranean hydrocarbon fuel
renewable energy · solar power · electric heating · central heating
gas, town, gassy, gases, township, gaseous, gasworks, gasification, gasify