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Volume of papers and reports 1930-1949

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Papers on the smoke abatement movement, collected into a file:
"Dirty Work", University House Broadsheets, editor J Wood Palmer, c1940s
"Focus on Smoke" written by Richard Rowland. Broadcast by the BBC, March 1949
"Fulham Electricity Inquiry: Proof of Evidence" by Sir Frank Baines, December 1930
"General Aspects of the Smoke Problem" by Arnold Marsh, M.Sc. Tech.
"Atmospheric Pollution in Bilston", by G Scheldon, December 1944
"The Measurement of Smoke", by Engineer Captain J Fraser Shaw, R.N. (Ret.), Chief Engineer, H.M. Government Fuel Research Station, November 1931
"Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: Investigation of Atmospheric Pollution", a report from the department to the Standing Conference, July 1943

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Volume of papers and reports 1930-1949

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