CARBONIC OXIDE

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1854 · p. 5

A gas composed of Carbon latom... 6 428 Oxygen 1 8 57 2 4 14 1000 10!) cubical inches weigh 30-2 grains. It is fatal to animals, and extinguishes flame; but it burns in contact with air, and forms carbonic acid. It is obtained by pa ing carbonic acid over red-hot charcoal, or by healing a mixture of chalk or pounded marble ami iron or zinc filings to redne . Itis not absorbed by water. [s. 211]