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Show j Scheme Devised to End Peril of Motor Fumes A recent experiment in the city laboratories of Paris is said to have I demonstrated the practicability of a i catalyzer designed to consume the car-j car-j hon-nionoxicle gas produced by motor i cars which Prof. Yandci! Henderson i of Yale and others have asserted was j a serious menace to public health in crowded cities. ; The device consists of an exhaust j ipe containing certain chemicals pos-1 pos-1 sessing catalysing properties which 1 reduce the combustion temperature I of the noxious gas. I'.y the pa.s-'.ige I of a current of air through the tubes ihe fumes are consume. 1 before they can pass out Into the street. M. Kohn Ahrest. director of the j 'ahoratorles. says that tho nverag" ; motor car In Paris gives 0f one-half .uMo meter of carh-'n-monoxhle for each half gallon of rasoiiiie .iim) and trait n cubic rioter of su.-h ras voders six cubic rectors of n'r ::td: to breathe. In the count; v tl.e half aulitc meter oT gas Is scattered alone half a do""n miles ard eo-a-.-eq-K'r.tlr is harmless, he cays. v. h';e In Paris tt.e autotic ? iles mov.. raore s'owK t finl ' ft en f.i! tho sir of narrow FTca- j Iota:!. us carr.-::!.- -f f""- ' |