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AN article on some points raised in the general discussion organized by the Faraday Society on “Disperse Systems in Gases” appeared in NATURE of May 2, 1936. The papers, which are now available, are considered under the general properties of such systems and their industrial aspects, the latter being quite a short section though of great importance in relation to the amenities of life. We are all plagued by dust, by fog and by the deposition of dirt from smoke; many of the ills of the flesh are a consequence of their preventable existence. Dust produced in industry is the subject of legislation where it causes occupational diseases, but dust produced in the streets or in our homes, which we breathe laden with bacteria, is no one's concern. Nor is there any serious effort to restrict the production of smoke except by factory chimneys, in spite of the fact that so many alternative smokeless fuels to raw coal are available.
Disperse Systems in Gases:
Dust, Smoke and Fog: a General Discussion held by the Faraday Society, April 1936. Pp. 1041–1300. (London and Edinburgh: Gurney and Jackson, 1936). 12s. 6d. net.
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[Short Notices]. Nature 139, 458 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139458c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/139458c0