 Having previously closed my nostrils and exhausted my lungs, I breathed four quarts of nitrous oxide from and into a silk bag. The first feelings were similar to those produced in the last experiment, but in less than half a minute, the respiration being...  The Monthly review. New and improved ser - Page 401801Full view - About this book
 | Sir Humphry Davy - Nitrous oxide - 1800 - 610 pages
...i(ic i the following experiment was made. . ,^. Having previoufly claifed : my npftrils ,and exhaufted my lungs, I breathed four quarts of nitrous oxide from and into a fijk bag. , The ', I Oi.'J 1^4*- .1 1 OI1J3 firft feelings were fimilar to thofe produced in the laft... | |
 | Andrew Ure - Chemistry - 1821 - 418 pages
...expect, differently afi'ected. Sir H. Davy describes Ihe effect it had upon him, as follows : — " Having previously closed my nostrils, and exhausted...similar to those produced in the last experiment, (giddincps) ; but in less than half я minute, the respiration being continued, they diminished gradually,... | |
 | Andrew Ure - Chemistry - 1821 - 512 pages
...expect, differently affected. Sir H. Davy describes the effect it had upon him, a» follows : — •• Having previously closed my nostrils, and exhausted...from and into a silk bag. The first feelings were simiUr to those produced in the last experiment, (giddiness) ; but in less than half a minute, the... | |
 | 1824 - 528 pages
...and Mr. Southey's account, the latter being of course by far the most poetical. The former says, " Having previously closed my , nostrils and exhausted...from and into a silk bag. The first feelings were those of gid. diness, butin less than a minute, the respiration being continued, they diminished gradually,... | |
 | Technology - 1825 - 428 pages
...poetical. The former says, 'Having previously closed my nostrils and exhausted my lungs, I breathed lour quarts of nitrous oxide from and into a silk bag. The first feelings were those of giddiness, but in less than a minute, the respiration being continued, they diminished gradually,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 782 pages
...laughter-producing gas. 83. Sir H. Davy first describes the effect it had upon himself as follows : ' Having previously closed my nostrils, and exhausted...from and into a silk bag. The first feelings were those of giddiness ; but in less than half a minute, the respiration being continued, these feelings... | |
 | Benjamin Silliman - Chemistry - 1830 - 540 pages
...the results may be found in his Researches, from which the following passage is extracted, p. 487. " Having previously closed my nostrils, and exhausted...similar to those produced in the last experiment, (giddiness) ; but in less than half a minute, the respiration being continued, they diminished gradually,... | |
 | John Timbs - Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc - 1831 - 302 pages
...interesting details of its effects when respired. Sir Humphry describes those upon himself thus: — "Having previously closed my nostrils and exhausted...into a silk bag. The first feelings were similar to giddiness ; but in less than half a minute, the respiration being continued, they diminished gradually,... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1831 - 740 pages
...Having previously closed ray nostrils, and exhausted my lungs, I breathed four quarts of the gas frotn and into a silk bag. The first feelings were similar...those produced in the last experiment; but in less thnn half n minute, the respiration being continued, they diminished gradually, and were succeeded... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - Chemistry - 1831 - 582 pages
...result to Dr. Beddoes, and on April the 17th, he was present when the following experiment was made. " Having previously closed my nostrils, and exhausted my lungs, I breathed four quarts of the gas, from and into a silk bag. The first feelings were similar to those produced in the last experiment... | |
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