carbonic acid gas
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You see, fresh air is composed of three parts, oxygen and nitrogen and carbonic acid gas.
From Seed-time and Harvest A Novel by Reuter, Fritz
Water impregnated with carbonate of lime, for example, deposits that compound as soon as evaporation has carried off a certain percentage of the water itself, and the carbonic acid gas which it held.
From Geology by Geikie, James
When the man exhales, as we all know, the air which he then discharges from his lungs is deficient in oxygen and instead contains carbonic acid gas.
From Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science by Corbin, Thomas W.
Asphyxiation.—A practical man, conversant with cases in which asphyxiation resulted from inhaling carbonic acid gas, gives some valuable hints for their recovery by simple remedies always at hand.
From Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity by McCarty, Louis Philippe
The next experiment was with carbonic acid gas.
From North-Pole Voyages by Mudge, Zachariah Atwell
