Natural Gas.
The earliest use of natural gas of which there is any record i& in China, where for centuries it has beenconveyed from fissures in salt mines to the surface through hollow bamboos and used for burning purposes. T,bere are also places in Asia, near the Caspian sea, where it is seen to issue from the earth, and a similar phenomenon is to be seen in theSzalatna salt mine in Hungary. The first discovery of natural gas made in America was, according to Thome, in the neighborhood of Fredonia, Chautuuqua county, N. "ST., early in this century.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXII, Issue 307, 26 January 1894, Page 8
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98Natural Gas. Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXII, Issue 307, 26 January 1894, Page 8
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