gaselier (gaseler)

[ As we both entered the drawing-room, we found Bell standing right under the central gaselier , which was pouring its rays down on her wealth of golden-brown hair. W. Black , Phaeton, iii. gas-engine (gas'en"jin), n. An engine in which motion is communicated to the piston by the alternate admi ion and condensation of gas in a closed cylinder. With a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen, or of coal-gas and air, the condensation is effected by means of explosion with an electric spark or a gas-jet; with ammonia the gas is alternately expanded by heat and condensed by cold water. Many forms of gas-engines have been invented. Also called gas - motor. gas-engineer (gas'en-ji-nēr"), n. In a theater, etc., one who directs the application and use of gas and other media of artificial illumination. The gas- engineer, a functionary who in a modern the at rical establishment of the first rank must also be an electrician. Scribner's Mag., IV. 440. 4 IMG:content-2124.png:[blocks in formation]