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Posted by Eeyore on January 5, 2009, 11:13 am
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David Williams wrote:
> -> I was wondering about hydrogen gas used as the fuel for a gas stove?
>
> In Britain, prior to about 1960 when natural gas from the North Sea
> became available, the gas that was piped to houses for cooking, etc.
> was "coal gas", made by heating coal. It was mostly hydrogen, although
> it did contain some methane, carbon monoxide, and other gases.
>
> It was a perfectly good fuel.
It was made by 'coking' coal.
Graham
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