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Show Plan New Investigation to Abate Smoke Nuisance . PITTSBURO, July M (By A. P.) The amoks Investigation begun by the Mellon Institute of Industrial Indus-trial Research of the University of Pittsburg In ltll and temporarily tempo-rarily concluded in 1114, will be resumed Immediately under the direction of Dr. Harry B. Mailer, who has resigned as deaa of the school of mines to take up the work. Bystematla surveys ef smoke conditions In Pittsburg, Chicago, Cleveland ' and other . Industrial cities will be carried on. They will be made up of comparative analysis, smoke, dust and soot contaminations; con-taminations; research into asm manufacture ef "smokeless" fuel by especially low temperature carbonisation car-bonisation of bituminous coal, and Investigation of phyalcal means of abating the smoke nuleance, with particular reference to electrostatic reclpltalion of amoks. The survey work has been started start-ed with the Installation and operation oper-ation of apparatua for the determination deter-mination of the smoke content of the air. This phase of the Investigation Investi-gation will be continued for a considerable con-siderable period in a number of I cities at ths same time. Bulletins will be Issued In, order that the public may be Informed. ' |