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IN the introduction a few remarks are made on the growing interest in everything connected with dust, whether it be the organic germs floating in the air, or the inorganic particles that pollute our atmosphere. Prof. Tyndall's observations on the dark plane seen over a hot wire2 are referred to, Lord Ray-leigh's recent discovery of the dark plane formed under a cold body3 is described, and attention called to Dr. Lodge's experiments described in a letter to NATURE, vol. xxviii. p. 297.
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Abstract of a paper read to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, January 21, 1884, by Mr. John Aitken.
"Essays on the Floating-Matter in the Air," p. 5. (Longmans, Green, and Co., 1881.)
NATURE, vol. xxviii., p. 139.
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The Formation of Small Clear Spaces in Dusty Air 1 . Nature 29, 322–324 (1884). https://doi.org/10.1038/029322a0
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