There were no gasoline cars in the beginning of the Victorian Era. The first practical automobile was built in Germany by Karl Benz in 1885. Steam vehicles outnumbered gasoline vehicles throughout this era.
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Steam cars in 1769, Fuel gas cars in 1805 and Gasoline cars in 1885.
gasoline, diesel, CNG (compressed natural gas), Propane (forklifts-not normally cars), Hydrogen gas, coal/wood for steam powered cars.
Several early cars ran on steam power, like steam trains. Steam engines were more powerful than gas engines. The Stanley Steamer was one well-known make and won road races. Of course, some fuel was required to make the steam, usually kerosene or propane, I think. Coal is not practical for cars, so steam cars will not solve the oil shortage.
For over 100 years, most cars have run on gasoline. At first there were very few gas stations, so many drivers carried cans of spare fuel with them. Cars with gas engines run more quickly than cars with steam engines.
It is a gas.
The Victorian Era was in the early 1900's. The most used form of lighting during this era was gas lighting. Candles were still used at this time as well.
Steam is the gas phase of water
It is a gas.
Yes; Edison invented the light bulb in 1879, though electric light bulbs weren't the dominant source of light until after World War I. Most Victorian homes used gas lighting or candles.
It is a gas, assuming you are talking about dry steam. If it is wet steam, it is both a gas and a liquid.
Steam is gas. Gaseous water to be exact.