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AN important meeting was held in the Egyptian Hall of the Mansion House on Monday last, to take further steps towards the abolition, or at all events the reduction, as far as possible, of the smoke nuisance. The Lord Mayor presided, and the following among others were present:—The Duke of Northumberland, the Duke and Duchess of Westminster, Sir William Siemens, Sir Frederick Abel, Sir Lyon Playfair, M.P., Sir Frederick Pollock, Sir T. Spencer Wells, Mr. George Cubitt, M.P., Dr. Farquharson, M.P., Col. Makins, M.P., Capt. Galton, Mr. Edwin Chadwick, C.B., Mr. Ernest Hart, Mr. C. Waring, the Hon. Rollo Russell, General Lowry, C.B., Mr. George Shaw (chairman of the City Commission of Sewers), Mr. W. R. E. Coles, Mr. W. Chandler Roberts, of the Royal Mint, and Mr. Gregory, Master of the Clothworkers' Company.
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Smoke Abatement . Nature 28, 278–279 (1883). https://doi.org/10.1038/028278a0
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