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The Conversion of Air into a Lethal Mixture of Gases by Storage of Tobacco and Other Vegetable Substances

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Robert C. Frederick
Robert C. Frederick
Affiliation:
From the Royal Naval Medical School, Royal Naval College, Greenwich.
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In analysing some samples of air which had been sent for examination, the writer was struck by the presence of an altogether abnormal quantity of carbon dioxide associated with a very much diminished oxygen content. In view of this excess, the space from which these samples had been obtained was then thoroughly ventilated and after remaining closed for only four days the air was found to contain already 2·27 p.c. of carbon dioxide instead of the normal 0·03 p.c. No immediate explanation of the phenomenon was available and this paper contains a short account of the research made to discover the cause.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , October 1920 , pp. 205 - 207
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1920