An apparatus used to store or measure gas or the flow of gas, particularly in a laboratory setting.
The collected air was metered through a gasometer, and the composition of every gas sample was analyzed in duplicate […]
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A large tank or reservoir for storing gas; a gasholder.
The attack on the gasworks was probably the most risky, as none of the rebels had any idea of just what kind of blast an exploding gasometer might produce […]
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The collected air was metered through a gasometer, and the composition of every gas sample was analyzed in duplicate […]
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The attack on the gasworks was probably the most risky, as none of the rebels had any idea of just what kind of blast an exploding gasometer might produce […]
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