Nitrous oxide Nitrous oxide Nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas or nitrous, is a chemical compound, an oxide of nitrogen with the formula . At room temperature, it is a colourless non-flammable gas, with a slight metallic scent and taste. At elevated temperatures, nitrous oxide is a powerful oxidizer similar to molecular oxygen. It is soluble in water. Nitrous oxide has significant medical uses, especially in surgery and dentistry, for its anaesthetic and pain reducing effects. Its name "laughing gas", coined by Humphry Davy, is due to the euphoric effects upon inhaling it, a property that has led to its recreational
Laughing Sinners films ended and he wound up demoted to cowboy B pictures, with his name changed to "Johnny Mack Brown." Crawford and Rambeau, who both play chorus girls in "Laughing Sinners, "would go on to play mother and daughter in the film "Torch Song" in 1953. "Torch Song" is the name of the play on which "Laughing Sinners" is based. Andre Sennwald commented in "The New York Times", "Miss Crawford...has tempered the intense and not a little self-conscious quality of her acting without hurting her vibrant and breath-catching spirit." According to MGM records the film earned $624,000 in the US and