What does the word oxygen mean?
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I engender,' that is, generator of acids; and such it was believed to be, exclusively, at the period when the name was given to it. This is now known not to be the case. Oxygen is largely distributed in nature. It exists in the air, in water, in several acids, in all the oxyds, and in vegetable and animal substances, &c. It is obtained by decomposing the peroxyd of manganese of the chlorate of potassa by heat in close vessels. Although oxygen, in the state of admixture in which it is found in the atmosphere, is of vital importance, it cannot be respired in a pure state with impunity. Animals die in it long before the whole of the oxygen is consumed. The properties of oxygen seem to be stimulant. It increases the force and velocity of the pulse, and has, accordingly, been used in cases of chronic debility, chlorosis, asthma, scrofula, dropsy, paralysis, &c. It requires to be diluted with from 10 to 20 parts of atmospheric air; one to two quarts being given during the day.
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Usage examples for oxygen
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Another Assassin, beside the bed, was putting away an oxygen- mask outfit, and the Assassin who had prevented Verkan Vall from drawing his pistol was his own follower, Marnik. – Last Enemy by Henry Beam Piper
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They provided a walk long enough to give him exercise and holes large enough to give him oxygen. – The Ball and The Cross by G.K. Chesterton
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Here is a jar of oxygen, and this is a piece of iron wire; but if it were a bar as thick as my wrist, it would burn the same. – The Chemical History Of A Candle by Michael Faraday
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