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Subject:	Re: Wildly OT: Simple math question
From:	"Pickering, John (NORBORD)" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Pickering, John (NORBORD)
Date:	Fri, 28 Sep 2001 15:53:37 -0400
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"gobar" is the Hindi word for animal manure. Gobar gas, really a biogas, is
more commonly about half and half methane and carbon dioxide, although it
may contain ammonia along with other gases.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rao, Ragu [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 3:35 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: Wildly OT: Simple math question
>
> I even had a teacher in my 9th grade Chemistry class who once told the
> whole
> class that the reason why Ammonia gas was called "Gobar Gas" was because
> it
> was discovered by "Dr. Gobar" !!
>
> Has anybody heard of Dr. Gobar anywhere in this world ?
>
>

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