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An irrespirable gas, remaining after an explosion of fire damp in mines; choke damp. See Carbonic acid.

ntaining carbon. It is formed in the explosion of fire damp in mines, and is hance called after damp; it is also know as choke damp, and mephilic air. Water will absorb its own volume of it, and more than this under pressure, and in this state becomes the common soda water of the shops, and the carbonated water of natu…