Religion And Chemistry: a Re-Statement of An Old Argument, volume 3
Religion And Chemistry: a Re-Statement of An Old Argument, volume 3
Josiah Parsons Cooke
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Digitized by Google CHAPTER VII. TESTIMONY OF NITROGEN. In order to complete my very imperfect sketch of the wonderful adaptations which the various qualities and functions of our atmosphere present, I wish in my lecture this evening to examine with you the properties of nitrogen gas. This aeriform substance is the chief constituent of the air, making up no less than four-fifths of its entire mass, and, although so seemingly inert, discharges functions no less impor- tant than those of oxygen g...as to the well-being of man. Nitrogen is not, however, like oxygen, an ele- ment widely distributed in nature, and entering as a chief constituent into the composition of the globe. The atmosphere is the only great reservoir of nitro- gen, and to this and to the bodies of organized beings its presence is almost exclusively confined. It seems to be the essential element of all the higher forms of corporeal vitality, and it is frequently called the zoo- getiy or life-generator. By some mysterious process it is constantly being withdrawn from the atmosphere, and entering into the composition of the numberless living forms which clothe the earth with verdure and crowd it with animal life ; but these forms soon pass 203 Digitized by Google 204 UMTTED DIFFUSION.
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