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THIS Exhibition originated, as explained in the introduction to the Catalogue, in the action of the Committee of the National Health Society, with whom the Kyrle Society afterwards joined in appointing a Joint Committee to consider how action could be taken which should tend to the abatement of the smoke produced in the metropolis. In the words of this introduction, “The first proceeding of the Committee was to communicate with colliery owners and manufacturers of heating apparatus as to the means available for the reduction of smoke, and next with the metropolitan parochial authorities and public bodies, directing their attention to the serious and increasing evil, and asking their co-operation in abating it.” Public meetings were held at the Mansion House and other places in different parts of London; and the public interest in the subject appearing to be sufficient to justify such an experiment, the Committee determined to hold an exhibition of appliances for the reduction of smoke both in manufacturing and domestic fires.
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The Smoke Abatement Exhibition . Nature 25, 219–221 (1882). https://doi.org/10.1038/025219a0
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