carbonic acid gas
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The red blood corpuscles in the capillaries give up their oxygen, and the blood receives in its stead a poisonous substance called carbonic-acid gas.
From First Book in Physiology and Hygiene by Kellogg, John Harvey
Langley, in 1891-1895, built four model airplanes, one driven by carbonic-acid gas and three by steam-engines.
From Public Speaking by Stratton, Clarence
We must breathe to get rid of the carbonic-acid gas, which is brought to the lungs by the blood to be exchanged for oxygen.
From First Book in Physiology and Hygiene by Kellogg, John Harvey
Although each individual is continuously manufacturing enough carbonic-acid gas to kill himself in a very few minutes, he need not be alarmed for fear that he may forget to expel his own poisons.
From Outwitting Our Nerves A Primer of Psychotherapy by Jackson, Josephine A.
They grew out of the fact that near by was a valley from which arose at times carbonic-acid gas in sufficient quantity to kill small animals running over certain low places.
From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Gilson, Jewett Castello
