UNITED STATES

                          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                                WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                       FORM 8-K



                                    CURRENT REPORT

                          Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                        the Securities and Exchange Commission


                           Date of report:  August 27, 1997


                           ELECTRIC & GAS TECHNOLOGY, INC.
                (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


           TEXAS                    0-14754                  75-0259192
     (State or other juris-    (Commission file)     I.R.S. Employer Identif-
     dicition of incorporation                              ication No.)
          or organization)


                     13636 Neutron Road, Dallas, Texas 75244-4410
             (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)


           Registrant telephone number (including area code) (972) 934-8797


                                                 Current report on Form 8-K
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                                       FORM 8-K

                           ELECTRIC & GAS TECHNOLOGY, INC.


          Item 2.   Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

               Electric &  Gas Technology,  Inc. ("ELGT") signed  a "Assets
          Purchase Agreement" (Agreement) to  sell 100% of its wholly-owned
          subsidiary Logic Design Metals, Inc. ("Logic") on July 15,  1997.
          The  Agreement provided for an effective  date of sale as of July
          31, 1997 and was  closed on August  18, 1997.  Logic  constituted
          the Metal Fabrication segment  of ELGT's business.  The  sale was
          for approximately $21,000,000 in cash.  The acquiring company was
          Chatham Industries Inc. a privately owned business.

               Sales, operating  profits and identifiable assets  for Logic
          as of and for the years ended July 31, were as follows:

                                      1997           1996            1995   

               Sales              $17,000,000    $15,200,000      $14,100,000

               Operating profits   $2,500,000       $234,000         $800,000

               Identifiable
               Assets              $9,300,000     $9,300,000       $9,900,000


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          Item 7.   Financial Statements and Exhibits.


          10.37          Assets  Purchase  Agreement  amoung
                         New  Logic  Design  Metals Inc.  of
                         Chatham   Enterprises    Inc.,   of
                         Chatham  Technologies,  Inc., Logic
                         Design  Metals, Inc.  and Precision
                         Techniques, Inc. and Electric & Gas
                         Technology,  Inc.  Dated  July  15,
                         1997.



                                      SIGNATURES

               Pursuant to the requirements  of the Securities Exchange Act
          of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this  report to be signed
          on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                          ELECTRIC   &  GAS  TECHNOLOGY, INC.



                                             By:  /s/ Edmund W. Bailey 
               
                                                  Edmund W. Bailey
                                                  Vice President and CFO

          Date: August 27, 1997

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                                   INDEX TO EXHIBIT

                                                             
                                                                Sequentially
                                                                   Number
   Exhibit No.     Description                     
                                                                   Page 

   10.37     Assets Purchase Agreement amoung New Logic Design
             Metals Inc. of Chatham Enterprises Inc., of Chatham
             Technologies, Inc., Logic Design Metals, Inc. and
             Precision Techniques, Inc. and Electric & Gas
             Technology, Inc. Dated July 15, 1997.                 5-57

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