Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CHLO-RO-CAR-BON'IC, or CHLO-RO-CAR'BON-OUS, a.

The terms, chloro-carbonic acid and chloro-carbonous acid, are applied, the former by Thomson, and the latter by Ure, to a compound of chlorine and carbonic oxyd, formed by exposing a mixture of the two gases to the direct solar rays. It was discovered by Dr. J. Davy, and called by him phosgene gas.