Gas Invention A Catalyst for a Brighter Energy Future

The EAST OHIO GAS CO. has supplied natural gas to the Cleveland area since receiving a controversial franchise from the city in 1902. STANDARD OIL CO.... Engineer Nicolaus August Otto invented the first practical alternative to the steam engine. Born in Holzhausen, Germany, Otto built his first gas engine in ... Dr. Cluny Macpherson, Principal Medical Officer, 1 st Newfoundland Regiment, invented the gas mask during World War I (1914-1918). Read more! The history of natural gas. We have come a long way in extracting and using natural gas, from ancient civilizations lighting fires ... The ironies of gas warfare are vividly focused in the life of Fritz Haber, the German chemist who invented phosgene and also the 'Haber Process' which ... installed the first gas turbine used for electric power generation in Neuchatel, Switzerland. Both Whittle's and von Ohain's first jet engines were based on ... 1913: In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Gulf Refining Co. opens the nation's first drive-up service station, specifically designed to sell fuels and other related ... Street illumination with candles and smudge pots can be traced back centuries, but gas lighting in America can be credited to David Melville ( ... Roanoke Gas Company was founded by key leaders in an effort to develop the community. Founders included the first President, Peyton L. Terry. 125 BC. The first known natural gas well was drilled in China, to depths of 150 metres. It is believed that the Chinese had known of the existence of natural ...