A gas cylinder or tank is a pressure vessel used to store gases at above atmospheric pressure. High pressure gas cylinders are also called bottles.
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“Man moves in all modes, by legs of horses, by wings of winds, by steam, by gas of balloon, by electricity, and stands on tiptoe threatening to hunt the eagle in his own element.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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