Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-25
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Ozone.

,,.,1,.ts a few lines on the subject named
... lie head of this article, may be of inter-
-, some Of our readers.
o,orc is an exceedingly energetic
,,.,ni.al agent, that in many respects re-
1T.s chlorine gas; it is. however, 4
,..rnii.r form of oxygen.
nrcular odor similar to that Of phos-
H.. rms or sulphur, has often been observed
-,;,-, = thunder storm. For example,
v-.f..r saws that in crossing the lsthmus OF
I,,~-..n tLe thuadtr storms were accom-
'.,r;.I bv ~ sulphurous Odor powerful
i..,,,rf, TO take away the breath" Similar
..r>.,tions were made on board the 4lOn-
......s an English ship struck by lightning
-,.r-iu. and also on board a packet Damed
I. E5r York, which was struck in 1927.
rh,. same smell was observed by the
ioots in connection with thunderbolts.
,I.,,I,.r refers both in the Odyssey and in
49,. ! mi. to this odor. Jupiter he tells us
..,iL,., 4 ship with thunderbOlt "quite
IN of sulphurous odor." And again he
..',. that Jupiter hurls Il thunderbolt
. [,-tI the flame of the burning sulphur
:,., the Ground before Diomedes chariot.
l,x hurl. rock at Hector, who falls
ike a lnountain-oak struck by lightning.
,,.Iirh lie. uprootc,l. and from which the
f.lrful odor of smoking sulphur rises"
The popular belief for a long time has
I..n that flashes of lightning are some
ines followed by the diffusion in the air of
..u oIor resembling that of onions, sulphur
r. .,rIuuowdcr Cautious scientific men,
.,,S one writer on this subject, - who re-
me- tn place much reliance on the evidence
,fth. senses, have doubted the correctness
.fthjs belief. averring that it is very easy
meet the blue tint of lurid lightning
with the appearance of burning sulphur,
aLI then imagine its Odor.'
There iS every reason to believe, how
,v..r. tha. peculiar Odor is sometime:
,,.r.rutibc during thunder storms, and that
ia;S Gdor is identical with that of Ozone.
about the wear 11SJ. Van Maurum. OF
Holland. having passed electric spark:
+..ol,h uxvmen observed that it had ac
,...r,I a Irculiar smell, and that it haC
Irnow,r of acting directly on Mercury
To tliS smell he gave the name of ''electrl
cal odor-
Clvlllo. at the commencement OF th
-,-.-,.ut century. noticed that this g clectrl
t.I MR. which we called aura electrlca,
had 4 purifying effect on animal and vege
t1lIr matter in state of decomposition
and he employed it with great success n
aL:~ufrcting application to fntld ulcers.
In l~36, DR.. John Davy recognized tn
existence OF Ozone in the atmosphere, an
published formula for preparing chem
l..tI test to be used in lis detection, resent
Inrmuch that afterwards adopted by N
: AUubcIn.
lhc latter person narrates the followln
incident: NJ. Buchwalder, Il Swiss eng
rcrr. was one dav on the summit OF tn
N,u.i- with his servant. They were recllI
IN, i'll Il little tent erected in the snow
wien suddenly they We're enveloped IN
Thunderstorm. The servant was killed O
the spot, and immed lately after, the tel
wa, llllrd with remarkable Odor.
In 173y NJ. Schonbein, Professor
Chemistry at Basle, and the inventor
uun-cottUn. while engaged in some eXpeI
m.u,s on the decomposition of water, |
Gynamicai electricity, was astonlshed at II
Development of a peculiar odor. lie mac
auumber "A of experiments with the view
a~ctrt.ning the cause of this phenomena
the results of which We're published in II
u molrs of the Acadenly OF Munich"
One day during these experiments, VIII,
ill.,. laboratory was filled with the odor,
l,.... wed Il visit from NJ. Buchwalder, WI
rrcornized ut once the odor similar to tn
vA.th he had perceived in his tent on t
mountain top.
This gave direction to his researches n
l showed that this body like oxygen. pc
-..--vl the property of entering into chen
en-. combinations with great energ
~.Lunbcin subsequently published sever
..tte. in the Chemical journals. OF Eurol
which soon drew the attention of the scle
.- world to the remarkable properties
..!- body, which he named Ozone, Cirt
:... tirreh.-to emit an odor) After stud
d., unI experimenting with 1t for ma
s,.u~. he expressed his belief that oNy@
...tv &, divided or transformed-one-h
i..5.o\vgen in negative state or ozol
..,. uuc-htlf in 4 body named by him An
...- or owen in 4 positive polar &C
...,u. Subsequent researches have prov
t...- theory essentially true.
Nsch labor bas been expended Diet
u.ur the nature of antO-zOne, concern
wa.u there i now but little doubt.
..,-- gwen this brief history OF the disco
,.v ut zone for the purpose OF putting
...orl some facts of history that se
.r. -,u,rallv known. also rs an lllustrat
u.t.. manner in which scientific facts
Sometime, evolved from small AMI apl
r!ty triNi.l things.