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It will not be necessary to compare the favorable and unfavorable claims for nitrous oxid as we did the contentions for and against "twilight sleep."

From The Mother and Her Child by Sadler, William S.

In this pioneer contribution on gunpowder analysis the charcoal of the powder is often called "oxid of carbon."

From James Cutbush An American Chemist, 1788-1823 by Smith, Edgar Fahs

This method of anesthesia consists in the employment of nitrous oxid or "laughing gas," and will be fully considered in this chapter.

From The Mother and Her Child by Sadler, William S.

A better name for the compound is potassium oxid: K20.

From The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, by Hopkins, Cyril G. (Cyril George)

After the recovery 1 dram of oxid of zinc may be given in the feed twice a day for several weeks, or benefit may be derived from the tonic prescribed for chorea.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.