Nitrogen gas was inert enough that Antoine Lavoisier referred to it as "
mephitic air " or azote, from the Greek word el | ἄζωτος (azotos
Kaynak: Nitrogendedicated to the god Plouton ("Pluto"), often in a location that produced
mephitic emanations and thus representing an entrance to the Underworld
Kaynak: PloutonionIn Élémens de Chymie (published 1790) he coined a new word for the gas then known as "azote" or "
mephitic air." Chaptal's word was
Kaynak: Jean-Antoine Chaptalapparitions of Self's masters: Swift, Voltaire and Lewis Carroll are all partly responsible for the ingenious,
mephitic invention that is The Butt
Kaynak: The ButtHe wrote a dissertation on the use of ammonia in combating
mephitic gases in abandoned mine s, and also prepared maps of New Spain
Kaynak: José Antonio de Alzate y RamírezThe adjective "
mephitic" means "foul-smelling" or "malodorous". See also : Ploutonion , "grotto of Plouton ," a Greek term for a
mephiticKaynak: Avernus"The electro-
mephitic city-stuff whereof I speak has potencies for achieving vast effects at distant times and localities, even in the far
Kaynak: Our Lady of DarknessThe heavy bubbles which now and then rose up in the water showed you whence at least a portion of the
mephitic compound issued, while the
Kaynak: Jacob's IslandPoetical Works: Her noxious treasures of
mephitic air,: Each moment hovering round the miner's lamp: To scorch or suffocate - the explosive
Kaynak: John Holland (poet)But with all its festering and
mephitic odors and criminalities, together with its votaries of Jezebel and Nana Sahib , the proprietor
Kaynak: Kit Burnsof Winter, Throned", which contains the lyrics: "Iniquitous/I share Carmilla's mask/A gaunt
mephitic voyeur/On the black side of the glass".
Kaynak: Carmilla