carbonic acid gas
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Other Poisons.—The air which we breathe out also contains other invisible poisons which are very much worse than the carbonic-acid gas.
From First Book in Physiology and Hygiene by Kellogg, John Harvey
The red blood corpuscles in the capillaries give up their oxygen, and the blood receives in its stead a poisonous substance called carbonic-acid gas.
From First Book in Physiology and Hygiene by Kellogg, John Harvey
When a stove is being heated, the port-holes are kept carefully shut, to prevent the egress of carbonic-acid gas.
From Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Singleton, Esther
Although each individual is continuously manufacturing enough carbonic-acid gas to kill himself in a very few minutes, he need not be alarmed for fear that he may forget to expel his own poisons.
From Outwitting Our Nerves A Primer of Psychotherapy by Jackson, Josephine A.
In many of these caves there is an accumulation of carbonic-acid gas sufficient to destroy animal life.
From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Gilson, Jewett Castello
