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Olefiant

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O`le´fi`ant
a.1.(Chem.) Forming or producing an oil; specifically, designating a colorless gaseous hydrocarbon called ethylene (olefiant gas).
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OTHER ORIGIN STORIES: INDUCTIVE ROUTES If one compares the compositions of olefiant gas (CH in Dalton's terms) with "carburetted hydrogen" (marsh gas, today's methane) by inquiring in each case how much hydrogen combines with a given weight of carbon, one may observe an integral multiple proportion: just twice as much hydrogen is found in marsh gas than in olefiant gas, holding the carbon weight constant.
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