Scientific amusements . lllljTHFf ^WuifcliCTli I 11 I I Nitric apid obtained from nitric and sulphuric acid. explode with great violence. As a rule, when damp, it isnot dangerous, but it can be fired even when wet. Itwill explode at a less temperature than gunpowder, and,moreover, yields, no smoke, nor does it foul a gun. Gun-cotton, when dissolved in ether, gives us collodion forphotographic purposes. In speaking farther of the compounds of nitrogen withoxygen, we will limit ourselves to the monoxide, or laugh- jtvlVj At^lJJ. 85 ing gas. This is now used as an anaesthetic in dentistry,et
Scientific amusements . lllljTHFf ^WuifcliCTli I 11 I I Nitric apid obtained from nitric and sulphuric acid. explode with great violence. As a rule, when damp, it isnot dangerous, but it can be fired even when wet. Itwill explode at a less temperature than gunpowder, and,moreover, yields, no smoke, nor does it foul a gun. Gun-cotton, when dissolved in ether, gives us collodion forphotographic purposes. In speaking farther of the compounds of nitrogen withoxygen, we will limit ourselves to the monoxide, or laugh- jtvlVj At^lJJ. 85 ing gas. This is now used as an anaesthetic in dentistry,etc., and is quite successful, as a rule. People afflicted. Cavendishs experiment. with heart disease should not use it without advice, how-ever. When inhaled into the lungs it makes the subjectvery hilarious, and the effect is rather nojsy, It is obtained
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