Show IT STARTED s 0 how D a 0 OH i by dmn JEAN NEWTON ly why do we call it gas HAT Is what our indispensable T THAT ds friend nonh noah webster has to con tribute on the subject that and of course lots more for our purposes however it Is nee essary to get back of the lexicon and search for the human interest story sure to be present in apparently so drab a syllable as gas 11 to begin with then we have gas as lie hie word invention of the dutch chemist von belmont elmont Ue Il lmont who ft ho died in 1014 1644 von ri fl elmont made extensive researches into the nature of aerl form fluid the immensity of the subject op palled as it challenged and fascon abed him the scientific field before him was virtually untapped and limit less its conflicting elements ilsun its un charted seas drew him as the open road does the wanderer and all the time he did not know just what to call this substance finally he was inspired by a happy thought why not call it gas after tile the creek chaos ile he did and so it stayed stated cut but you may inquire why after cli chaos aos the answer Is obvious when we consider the root defini eions of the greek primitive these tire are 1 an empty immeasurable space a yawning chasm 2 A confused unorganized con or miss mass of matter before the creation of distinct and orderly forms 3 any confused or disordered col lection or state of things a confused mixture confused disorder 0 1132 1932 bell syndicate service |