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coal gas

Gas produced when coal is destructively distilled or heated out of contact with the air. Its main constituents are methane, hydrogen, and carbon monoxide. Coal gas has been superseded by natural gas for domestic purposes.

Scottish engineer William Murdoch was the first to light a house with coal-gas light in 1792.
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