natural gas

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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any combustible gaseous mixture formed in the earth's crust and obtained from natural fissures or bored wells.

Quotations

1825

This is undoubtedly the first attempt which has ever been made to apply natural Gas to so extensive and useful a purpose.

1897

The first object of special interest passed was a natural gas flow, occurring on the left bank about fifteen miles below the Rapid.

1957

It is always a new thrill to see natural gas come to the smaller communities in our province.

1966

The lonely Yorkshire moors appear to hold a potential natural gas fortune for Canadian prospectors.