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      615.  ------.  [ELWORTHY, H. S.]  Process of Producing a Gas Composed Principaly of Methane.  United States Patent 191,026, Aug. 1., 1905.  Chem. Abs., vol. 2, 1908, p. 1633.

            A mixture of the oxides of C and H2 are passed over catalytic metals such as Ni.  The C oxides and H2 are obtained by heating a mixture of water gas and steam with a reduction of H2O to H2 and oxidation of CO to CO2.