carbonic-acid gas
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of carbonic-acid gas
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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The streets were filled with dust and ashes, while the fumes of carbonic acid gas were sometimes almost stifling.
From Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives by Pinkerton, Allan
In what places is carbonic acid gas commonly found?
From A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers by Hutchison, Joseph Chrisman
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.
Carbonating.—The injecting of carbonic acid gas into various waters to render them wholesome, and also into beers and wines during fermentation, and to save delay and prevent impurities, are decided improvements.
From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry
Has rum rendered them proof against the effect of carbonic acid gas?
From Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated by Robinson, Solon
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