Nitrogen oxide (N2O). A colorless, odorless gas that is used as an anesthetic and analgesic. High concentrations cause a narcotic effect and may replace oxygen, causing death by asphyxia. It is also used as a food aerosol in the preparation of whipping cream.
    

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Researches chemical and philosophical: chiefly concerning nitrous oxide or dephlogisticated nitrous air and its respiration / By Humphry Davy.

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Nitrous Oxide

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The administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen for dental operations / by Frederick W. Hewitt.

M0010625: Coxeter's portable apparatus for compressed nitrous oxide.

Researches, chemical and philosophical : chiefly concerning nitrous oxide, or diphlogisticated nitrous air, and its respiration / by Humphry Davy.

The administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen for dental operations / Frederic W. Hewitt.

Practical notes on nitrous oxide (N2O) : a brochure / by J. Ottley Atkinson.