From the latest issue of National Grid's Pensioners' news?
What with his radio, his fridge, his heating, his cooking and his gas lighting all being independent of the electric grid, he must be a good gas customer.
What other gas powered appliances are there that we normally expect to operate with electricity?
To try and get down from my apparent anti-feminist pedestal, were there any/many Gas Women way back before the two world wars?
BTW,
that museum is in Aylestone Road, Leicester.
It seems your local Gas Man did not need that new fangled electricity stuff !
What with his radio, his fridge, his heating, his cooking and his gas lighting all being independent of the electric grid, he must be a good gas customer.
What other gas powered appliances are there that we normally expect to operate with electricity?
To try and get down from my apparent anti-feminist pedestal, were there any/many Gas Women way back before the two world wars?
BTW,
that museum is in Aylestone Road, Leicester.
The last century! Gosh, that means some of the stuff might be nearly as old as me!
Could it be that the writer meant to say that some of the items were around a hundred years old?
Could it be that the writer meant to say that some of the items were around a hundred years old?
I am sure she got her centuries mixed up. Last century does mean from 1900 to 1999, whereas I think she meant 1800 to 1899. eg, gas powered street lamps came to London circa 1809 and 1500 of them are still active and maintained by a team of 5 technicians.
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wouldn't a "gas powered" radio still rely on the movement of electrons within vacuum tubes or SS devices, and on either side thereof to detect, demodulate and amplify radio signal (which without electricity would be generated how, exactly?) and finally to move the diaphragm of a loudspeaker transducer, regardless of its design?
Cal, could it also be argued that "a century" referred to any special 100 year period?
Do you calculate your age based on the beginning or end of the year in which you were born? I like to use the latter, as that extra year gives me a false sense of extra experience and the wisdom which automatically accompanies it. 😉
Cal, could it also be argued that "a century" referred to any special 100 year period?
Do you calculate your age based on the beginning or end of the year in which you were born? I like to use the latter, as that extra year gives me a false sense of extra experience and the wisdom which automatically accompanies it. 😉
I always imagined a pastureland with rippling green grass....and at the end of the ranch....would be one of those vertical winged turbines....maybe sixty feet high...I think that would be spectacular....
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I know that after a big feed of lentils the power of gas is unmistakable, but without electricity, how would our heart and muscles work?
Dang, can't argue with that.
The first electric street lighting in Australia was fitted in 1889.
I've seen gas and kerosene powered refrigerators, maybe an air-conditioner. Washing machines powered by gas motors, gas dryers - of course. Never seen a gas powered fan.
When I worked at the opera in Paris the lighting techs were still referred to as "les Gaziers" Theaters were lit by gas for awhile. Very controllable, as the dimmers were just gas valves. Many turn of the century residential buildings in Paris bear plaques that say "Gaz a touts les etages." Must have been a selling point back then.
When I worked at the opera in Paris the lighting techs were still referred to as "les Gaziers" Theaters were lit by gas for awhile. Very controllable, as the dimmers were just gas valves. Many turn of the century residential buildings in Paris bear plaques that say "Gaz a touts les etages." Must have been a selling point back then.
Fans can be gas powered! Or rather, they can be made to turn because of varying states of density in gas.
Here is a good example of the working principle, but not the prettiest solution I've seen:
Vulcan Stove Fan - From www.stirlingengine.co.uk
I saw som really wonderful stirling engine fans a few years ago, have a hard time remembering the name of the manufacturer.
Not to mention air pressure driven power tools? Those can be called gas driven?
I think you need to put a little electricity into that thought. Andrew said last century. Last century was Jan 1, 1901 to Dec 31, 2000.
I would have thought at your age (which is showing by the way) that you would round down where ever possible. 🙂
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