gasometer

[ gas-om-i-ter ]

/ gæsˈɒm ɪ tər /

an apparatus for measuring and storing gas in a laboratory.

British. a large tank or cylindrical reservoir of gas, as at a gasworks, to be piped to homes, factories, etc.

Origin of gasometer

From the French word gazomètre, dating back to 1785–95. See gas, -o-, -meter

The Towers are not tall, but are low in proportion to their circumference, like a gasometer.

Following the Equator, Complete |Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
The gas upon making its exit from the gasometer flows through the pipe, T, to the burners, V.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 |Various
The disengaged acetylene enters the gasometer, B, through the pipe, D.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 |Various
The water in the gasometer need not be renewed; but merely so much of it as evaporates or leaks out, is to be replaced.

A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines |Andrew Ure

Now air is forced through my paraffin carburettor and the vapour resulting is fed to that gasometer in the bows of the boat.

The Great Airship. |F. S. Brereton

gasometer

/ (ɡæsˈɒmɪtə) /

a nontechnical name for gasholder

gasometer

[ gă-sŏm′ĭ-tər ]

An apparatus for measuring gases.