The sun., 1878-04-28

Alibus-il tltN ltNt liNif VI HIS pIlNtfUl
has vanished the impress Of his vehement pur-
pose survives in the religious and social organ
zltion of England. Ii Mr.. Green's work had no
other merit and in fact the portrait of Eliza
beth IL skctchod with almost cqua, insight and
visur-it would he credit enough that the rcnd-
cTs Of popular history are now for the first time
made acquainted in their true outline aud pro-
portion with tho matchlcss energy and i'm
mensc achievements Of Thomas Cromwell.
NJ W. II.
l. tarbonic Oxide ~ NIrulent Poisonf
The Introduction OF the so-callcd water
gas rs an Illuminating agent has attracted at
tenton TO the properties OF carbonic oxide one
OF its main constituents. Itappears thUt a state
meni of It's dangerous qualities published by
Or. MoToN. President OF the Stevens Institute
Of Technology. has been called in question.
and accordingly he now issues pamphlet ia
which all the authorities on the subject are cN.
amiucd. under the title Clrbonjc Oriie; Is Il u
Harmless Anost,.iic or I'NaieV Poisony
The amount Of labor a;tosted in this compla-
ton Is certainly remarkable. Not lar from a
hundred volumes. including not oniy tho works
Of the most eminent invcstiga but almost
all the standard test books on chemistry and
toNicology have been consulted. and citations
pertinent To the question are submitted. Ii
must bc held demonstrated by u mass OF con
current evidence that carhon.c oxide j. n true
poison. DESTROYING life. not negatively Ly mere
sul,atiOn or exclusion cd oxygen. but by direct
noN ous action. 1t tuurcars that much Of the III
rrpuie which popularity attaches to carbonic
acid really belongs TO carton,r oxide. whereas
the former gas is in Fact relatively innoeuous.
In IN anti lr quoted from Prof LctheAy numcr-
oG- experiments are detailed whore the effects
OF carbonic oxide uron human beings were test
ed. in some cases with almost fatal =, sul;s. II
Is related that SIR Humphrey Dayy on Pee took
inrce inspirations oi this eas mixed with
about oue-four;h Of common air the ef-
feet bein. loss of sensation. succeeded
hy gldsin'ss. si 'kncss. and acute pains
in different parts ot the body. and eNtrcrir de-
bllliy. some days. W. are told. elapsed before
he entirely recovered. In another instance a
Mr. Wilter %! Dublin Inhaled the raile e..s thrc,
or four times. and was Suddenly deprived Of
sense and vollton: he fell upon the floor and
continued in u STATE Of perfect inscnsibiity re-
somblins apopl"Ny Various restorative means
worr employed. but without success. untl re-
course wts had I, OXYGEN forced into his luu-s
whrroupon life WIS restored although tur
whole body was AN 'eirl w.tn y.oiru. convll-
sious for tie rest oi the day. \ rrcu -h chemist.
Tourlos. found that rabbits were kiirl in
seven minutes when they were put iut,afniN-
ture oi on part II carbpui' oxide wiki seven of
atmospheric air. Another From in eXpermeutcr
as erta.nod thai one per cent OF the .as present
in the atmosphere would destroy a small dog
in a minute and half. and Dr. Iathohy's
personal researches proved that air cuuiaIAin.
only iNe-tnntAs OF one per cent. was fltll To-
small birds IN about three minutes In al the
eases mentioned the effects wcr. the SANE. The
animals make no si-n OF pain; they fan in
en~ille. ana either die at once with a -,i..ut