COMPRESSED GAS
NOVELTIES IN BRITAIN. EXPERIMENTAL STATIONS. . London, Oct. 2. P ar t les boilin g kettles with bottled gas, ’ and motor coaches running on “portable gas,” are among the novelties mentioned in the Gas Association 8 “back to coal” conference at Leeds. , Mr A. W. Smith, manager of the Birmingham Corporation 1 ® gas department, disclosed that the Home Office had authorised the testing of a vehicle running on the roads with special steel containing gas at a pressure of 30001 b. to the square inch. The department, Mr Smith said had received many inquiries for compressed gas tor lighting and heating country ouses, garages, cafes, and yachts. He expressed the opinion that compressed gas would assist undertakings to carry peak loads. Four experimental stations in Britain are developing the innovation.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 258, 14 October 1932, Page 13
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131COMPRESSED GAS Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 258, 14 October 1932, Page 13
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