LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · 8 months agoGasoline is liquid but gasses on the periodic table of elements are fumes, so why do we call the stuff we put into our vehicles "gas," if it's liquid?message-squaremessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down18
arrow-up116arrow-down1message-squareGasoline is liquid but gasses on the periodic table of elements are fumes, so why do we call the stuff we put into our vehicles "gas," if it's liquid?LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · 8 months agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareFfaerieOxide@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months ago gasses on the periodic table of elements are fumes Are they? why do we call the stuff we put into our vehicles “gas,” It’s named after John Cassell, unless you believe Samuel Boyd’s claim that it came from the french gasogène.
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It’s named after John Cassell, unless you believe Samuel Boyd’s claim that it came from the french gasogène.