carbonic acid gas
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To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
Choke′damp, the carbonic acid gas given off by coal which accumulates in coal-mines, and may suffocate those exposed to it.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
The foot space is a very important matter, first for the comfort of sitting, and also to let off the carbonic acid gas, which quickly settles in these temperatures and extinguishes the fires.
From My Attainment of the Pole by Cook, Frederick A.
Water impregnated with carbonate of lime, for example, deposits that compound as soon as evaporation has carried off a certain percentage of the water itself, and the carbonic acid gas which it held.
From Geology by Geikie, James
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
