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Gasoline is liquid but gasses on the periodic table of elements are fumes, so why do we call the stuff we put into our vehicles "gas," if it's liquid?

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Gasoline is liquid but gasses on the periodic table of elements are fumes, so why do we call the stuff we put into our vehicles "gas," if it's liquid?

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gasses on the periodic table of elements are fumes

Are they?

why do we call the stuff we put into our vehicles “gas,”

It’s named after John Cassell, unless you believe Samuel Boyd’s claim that it came from the french gasogène.

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