CARBONIC ACID
\kɑːbˈɒnɪk ˈasɪd], \kɑːbˈɒnɪk ˈasɪd], \k_ɑː_b_ˈɒ_n_ɪ_k ˈa_s_ɪ_d]\
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By William R. Warner
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This gas, which neither supports respiration nor combustion, is not often used in medicine. It is the main agent in effervescent draughts, fermenting poultices, &c. It is often found occupying the lower parts of mines-when it is called the choke damp-caverns, tombs, wells, brewers' vats, &c., and not unfrequently has been the cause of death. Lime thrown into such places soon absorbs the acid.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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