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gasogene

The English word “gasogene” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A type of Victorian seltzer bottle, consisting of two mesh-encased glass globes arranged so that a reaction between tartaric acid and sodium bicarbonate produced carbon dioxide gas which carbonated the enclosed beverage and expelled it through a siphon valve.

Etymology

From gas + -o- + -gene. See also gaso-.

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