WATER GAS. When steam is passed over red-hot anthra cite or coke it is decomposed, and the resultant gas, consisting of a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, is termed water gas. Enriched with gas from cracked oil, it is termed carburetted water gas and is largely employed in industrial operations. It is
also used mixed with coal gas for town purposes ; when so em ployed it increases the poisonous character of the gas supply owing to the peculiarly dangerous qualities of carbon monoxide. For full details see GAS MANUFACTURE and FUEL.