The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1859-01-06
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ozone.
The new constituent Of the atmosphere, which
has within n tew years been discovered, is llkey
to figure largely in works on chemistry aud
natural philosophy. aud viii become as familiar
To the rising geuetatlon Ms "oxySrn, hydrogen
and nitrogen nre to tn, present The name
applied 20 this newly discovered subsunce ie
"oxouon II is oxygen electrified aud was dis
covered by Prof SchT bieu The dlscovercr OF
gun cotton, about hinclren years ago lis ex
,stence in the atmosphere has been noticed by
Van Mlrum, near the end oi the eighteenth
century, but the matter has been torgolteu.--
The study Of its properties has given rise TO re-
snlts of great value in chemistry, mcteorOlogy,
aud m ,diciue A rSsums of these results Is
,iycn in n late number ot Household Words
aud from that we cull some interesting STATE
Ip,uis Ozone Is coOIrss, ol a penetrating
n,nseous SIN Il, which is often observed after a
discharge OF electricity, when this element is
ALWAYS evolved. From this ulOrous prop rlv
II derived its name. II is the most powerful
agent Of oxydation known, 1t oXydi1's cold
silver aud mercury when both are MOST but
if both the ozone aud the metal are dry oxyda-
ton does not take place. II has no action on
pure water although il LETT in contact there
with for several hoars, il is dissolved therein
o. me rapidly destroys organic colorlng matters,
~ well as lgurous aud aIbuminous matters
ylcnce it has been suggested to combin' ii di-
Trcilv by compression with water, aud so TO
obtain on oIoui1'd water, which might be use
ful in the bleaching OF linen cloth, supercedlng
mura,ic acid, which is particularly destructive
o( ccllulosr. 0Slne also forms several useful
chrmict cOmblnatnns. 1t * rapidly absorbed
hy great number oi vegetable and animal sub.
stances, such as olbumiuc, coscjnc, h5rnc, and
blood. quickly destroys oil oxydabIe miosmn
and is tha most disinteCiug agent yet dis3ov.
cred.
While ozone, OF electrified axygrn, is useful
in various ways, it is also dangerous III Others
bcng unfit for respiration, aud producing suiln-
cation This explains he death after IA fash OF
liohluinc of persons who have not been struck
they having brcn killed 10y the suspension OF
their vital powers through the presence oi al
atmosphere mpreguatri with snlphu Gus ond
phosphorus vapDrs, owing to the sudden gen
Grafton of an extra quantity ot ~ me. EIccirl-
fed oxygen cXclteS The lungs provokes cough,
induces sulncatuu, aud becomes Nhen IN cX-
cs $. "A dcletcrious substance Of sufficiently poi
sonous pnrrgv TO occasion ,Cath, The air in
it's normal state contains one tea thouSandth part
of ozone when the proportion is raised TO one
two thousandth paIt, it Is powerful enough TO
kill small Unimils,
Ozone is produced naturally in the atmos
rhere whenever an electric current or an eleC-
tric discharge takes place. 1t Is lormcd, chem
icaly, by placing sticks oI phosphorus, lit
tie less than half an inch thick, half in air aud
half IN water. In this operation the vopor of
the phosphorus combines with portion OF the
atmospheric oxygen aud SO forms hypophO-
phoric acid, which Is Immediately dissolved III
the water in the 0lsk this chemical combno.
ton gives rise to n Encouragement of electricity,
which nets on the rest of the oxygen remnlulng
in the mir, aud the production OF ozono is the
consequences By means OF delicate paper,
,nl III IL, pl and