New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-12-05

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Where s,rnsred san lie he,psd . soss.h.'.'
OF Youth srd beauty meath stsrspeakius eve;
sweilr Z the pride Of csuvas or in wrath
Scattering the eects Of uafiOns Ike fsd leaves
Bovins the hiehe st things Of Earth to saFta-
And lin ins up the drst unto the s;Ar'i
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To spare mortal Tor an hourP
Without entering infinitely into the details OF chem
cs auities avoiding technicGltes,, lot us coniac our
discussion To SILICA and carbonc acids take the ex-
tremes Of phy2al condition at the present temperature
The fist is solid the second gas Suicic aca requires
great elevated temperature to lqGfy it, Carbonic acid
great reduction of temperature TO qay IT, and stu
greater TO so'idy it'll degrees IL is evident 70 al
that these relationships heat will determine which
should enter into chemical union fst and which last
now exhibit TO you a specimen OF stlsee ae,d Ia TINS
transparent eyr'ta and sample Of ea,6oHie seld n ts
glass lar a Qas-the one solid and the other an inyi:
Bic gas exhibited the first lecture by inordinsteiy
reducing the temperature cartonic acid in the SOLID Or
When the earth at Temperature much more eieya.eu
than the present sicc acid would have been Fd tne
best condition for the exhibition Of its dDRes and the
slicstes would have been formed Must we not az pres
en-, fuse this substance to enable 1t to form various com
buafions so seryiceable yea almost necessary ir lle
convenonces Of life, in the preparation OF gHss'
which is slicGte of potash and soda; we ccneule'
therefore that scc acid was probably the rt AMI car
homie acid the last which entered into combination Al
one periOd therefore this gaseous envelope tne MI n'
have superobounded in carbonic acid have n part as
cussed The urorere. of oxygeuhave alluded 10 its unyer
sal afsnites-to the fact that one half of the whole
globe 10 oxygen Even the silicic acid contains
more than fifty per cent OF oxygen; more IMAM nan OF
its weight is oxygen. From ts chemical reia-loi'
would argue that oxygen NOT constituent OF the a III
an uncombned form at that period OF the eerh history
But that carbonic acd, together probably WIN nitrogen
gas hch from its negative qualities has little ten9hcy
direct comtin ton, even now occupying tour ths OF
the air. constitute the first gaseous enve0p oil our gooe
To gain clear conception of the chemical constructor dh
qualities of carbOnc acid let us first exhibit the Hfo.ean
ike characteristics of carbon. We familiar with az
black coal too filthy to be hGndd we see II IN the spar.
ling diamond Place II in oxygen and set fire to It, It
busns away into an invisible gas called because OF ats orr
Gin and of its acid properties, carbonic acid Here inc
lecturer burnt bit of charcoal in ox gen auv IN another
jar some diamonds in oxygen tested the Teslns ssG;,
and proved them identical. He also obtnnol cHrooMc
acid from chalk carbonate Of lme by the acton OF ny
droohloc Geld tested he had the previous gases
with lime water producing white I" t,s vs.,
through blue ltmus water il turned red proving that
was scd.l But you will perhaps say, II you could
only show the DdtA CarooD, "hiIh -" ~
ser combined with that oxygen, we would be more prone
TO believe ii you could deconpose that coloress ana III
visible gas and exhibit its solid and visible component car
bon the argument wo I'D be complete kesorung lhen'
to analysis in this apparatus, propose attempt
ing resolve bosic acid gas into its constituent es
ments We resort TO potassium the basis OF cGusc pot
ash the affinity OF which metal for oxygen so great tha
as you witness, when thrown water II lmmedetey az
conposes it, uniting with the oxygen and dissovng III Tue
water as potash setting free the hydrogen gas which, ~
cons quence of the elevated temperature takes fire. We
place piece of the metal this block OF ice, he sin'
decomposition accompanied by the combustion 81 tne ny
droeen Introducing Ills mealint dry carbonc
you witness 10 change but by means OF spirit lamp
king the potassium red hot it fuses, then taxes hfe
burning with purple light uniting with nc o1yses OF
the carbonic acid forming causc potash and setting ree
the black particles of carbon. Placing it in vessel or
Redeemed lmus water the bue tint is restored poynghe
presence Of aka and the black particles OF CARBON
are seen floating in the liquid they might be coIecea on
filter dried ard reoxydzed into invisible carDOnc acd
gas We have thus the most complete PROOF that chems-
try offer as TO the composition OF substance. we
have grouped the elements together and have
them Although we have attained this last result with
such difficulty every green leaf when exposed 20 the t
decomposes cabOnc acid evolving from the unier surface
oxygen gas and approprating the carbon 10 construct s
tissue or mature lis fruit Here is experiment suggested
by DR. Presley: jar of water, holang caroolic acld
in solution in which we have placed some green ieavesi
exposed to The light of day they have decomposed thga
have set free the oxygen which has collected In the upper
part of the vessel Corbonc acid Is nutritious 10 Pans
This gas will not support animal he but Is dlr1cu P,s
onous neither viii 1t support combustion Call to mni
the effect of descending into deep wells or entering grot
to-as the celebrated Groo del Cao in the vicinity OF
Naples. test for tho presence OF IN gas de
ponds its inability 10 support combustion here tDe
lecturer introduced candle into large ten gallon glass
jar filed with carbonic acidit instantly extinguished
He deemed unnecessary perform the cruel experiment.
by mmersing animal in the gas-Its speedy dea,n
would be the consequence But may be asked Couia
plant exist in atmosphere superabounding win ths gas
At the present temperature and with the present amount
of light il could not would die to speak, of sueit
Its powers Of digestion depend upon the brancy oil inc
light During Polar summer where the sun never ses
for the whole season, plants grow with surprising ra
pdi;y passing through all the changes witnessed in this
latitude er the lapse of three or four months IN a. many
ecks What the condition of our earth at the peroa
discussing Still invested with Its brilliant
photosphere abundance Of water, the whole eafh a'
higher temperature than at present. and an abundance Oh
Carbonc acid in its atmosphere. The plant would then
be under The constant stimulus OF the terrestrial photo
sphere The vegetation according 10 the teachings oil
chemistry must have been Of such character as has
been equsIed And this is in exact accordance
with the Mosaic account
aid L: the earth bring forth gas a the 5s5s y ...a
in tEelf uron the esrih; end 1t was so"
But the earth continues to eoolhe forces which tended
to the evolution Of the must necessarily
satisfied The light therefore begins TO fade from around
the earth and there appears
Lights the armament of heaven divide the day from .h
lights the Of heaven give light upon tae earth
night'-cpd the STAN also.D
A. conseque OF the existence vegetation oxygen
gas would gradually appear as constituent OF the AR
This gas was termed BY its discoyerer vital mir for It is
essential for animal life The lowest and simplest forms
Of animal require bat little, the highest forms an a5an-
dance Of this gas Lop of the head Of tortoise and give
bat one puff Of air eah day aud itlive very comfortably;
bird would die in few minutes, If confined in jar full
Of air. Each breath Of oxygen we nhale acts upon the
body destroy it, removing carbon in the form OF car
bonc acid gas and hydrogen the vapor of water az tho
time producing animal heat. Those animals which
breathe the require the most food have the highest
temperature end can produce toe most motion tortoise
crnMs Oh the rurface OF the eartha bird WING Is M NJ