【2012】The Big Smoke (Routledge Revivals): A History of Air Pollution in London since Medieval Times
Book 图书名称: The Big Smoke: The History of Air Pollution in London since Medieval Times
Author 作者: Peter Brimblecombe
Publisher 出版社: Routledge
Page 页数: 206
Publishing Date 出版时间: Jul 26, 2012
Language 语言: English
Size 大小: 4.7 MB
Format 格式: pdf 文字版
ISBN: 978-0-203-81389-8
Edition: 第1版 搜索过论坛,没有该文档
First published in 1987, Peter Brimblecombe's book provides an engaging historical account of air pollution in London, offering a fascinating insight into the development of air pollution controls against a changing social and economic background. He examines domestic and industrial pollution and their effects on fashions, furnishings, buildings and human health. The book ends with an intriguing analysis of the dangers arising from contemporary pollutants and a glimpse of what the future may hold for London.
== Table of contents ==
List of figures and sources
List of tables
Acknoweldgements
1 History and early air pollution
2 The riuse of coal
3 Evelyn and his circle
4 The effect of air-pollution in coal-burning London
5 Smoke abatement
6 Smoke and the London fog
7 Monitoring the changes in atmospheric composition
8 The Great Smog and after