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Show Groat Chanco for Inventors. "Tho Inventor who will devise an efficient effi-cient mothod of dispelling fog or counteracting counter-acting Its effect will reap a great fortune," for-tune," says Tochnlcal World Magazine. "It Is said that a week of the fog so common In London, especially In tho latter lat-ter part of December, costs tho railway companies there ?l.O0O,GOO and tho cabmen cab-men ?5000 a day, while the loss to merchants mer-chants Is beyond calculation, Tho excess of gas used on a. foggy day would supply a town of -40,000 people an entire year. It Is estimated that In consequence of foul atmosphere the pcoplo of the British capital are put to from $15,000,000 to J2S.O0O,-CO0 J2S.O0O,-CO0 In unnecessary expense annually, and In winter enjoy sunshine only one-fourth of tho tlmo to which they are entitled. The effect of the fog Is aggravated by the outpourings out-pourings of smoke-lndon chimneys, which Infect the air, bringing periodically an alarming Increase In the death rate through accident and from diseases of the respiratory organs. |