gasogene

(ˈɡæsəˌdʒiːn)

(General Engineering) obsolete a Victorian device for carbonating liquid

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With hardly a word spoken, but with a kindly eye, he waved me to an armchair, threw across his case of cigars, and indicated a spirit case and a gasogene in the corner.

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Then, in 1853, French surgeon Antonin Desormeaux coined the term endoscope', demonstrating an instrument that improved on Bozzini's model by using a gasogene mixture to generate more transparent light than regular candlelight.

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Wood gas, also called gasogene or gazogene, was used to power motor vehicles in Europe.

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