carbonic acid gas
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Its respiratory function consists in allowing oxygen and carbonic acid gas to pass by osmosis between the embryonic and the maternal blood.
From Embryology The Beginnings of Life by Leighton, Gerald R.
If the light burns low and finally goes out, carbonic acid gas is present and the place is unsafe to enter.
From Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity by McCarty, Louis Philippe
Where the case is not imminent, alkalies have sometimes been successfully administered, which combine with the carbonic acid gas, and thus at once reduce its volume.
From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Jennings, Robert
The next experiment was with carbonic acid gas.
From North-Pole Voyages by Mudge, Zachariah Atwell
It always preserves its identity, and is always represented by the same equivalents of oxygen, nitrogen, and carbonic acid gas.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
