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Weather is a highly important thing exhale carbon ' ‘ ‘ if  
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ln oul llves and has been of vltal interest though mistaken idea that when we have   V
__ to us through all the ages. Thousands of remained in a room for 3 long time We l n  i
l years ago when early civilizations learned have used up all the oxygen and filled the   i i
$— the rudlments of agriculture, the signifi- air with carbon dioxide   E Z
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Government recognizes the importance or Wha?I§iaE.?;ti1(gZV$1ab€€nnmage tthimd- WE a * —  i
tn weather and spends hundreds of thous- rehreathed Oh flitlhe W en Q an It  {   %
ands of dollars annually to prepare weath- ' 6 0 Q most Speftacular ria-   .  B
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The weather affects each of us ln our hgllhgall;0Ol?W?al;d1gh;C;§]g)t§)tiI?IIth(ef geigllm ` fil   E
e, tl everyday habits and actions. Our recrea- hOu1~ and thh.ty_0he mihhtee In that thy   I l
_u tions depend almost entirely on the weath- he hraathsd the ah. fem. thhes The OX;   2
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follhis feel the lohglngdlor n€l§_€l0lll€S·th times that of normal air. Yet Houdini   l Q
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_ sea 91, @3 U1 mg 0 SOUDS Ol 6 Wm· he felt no bad effects from such extreme   l
of the telhzggtlggoltiilatiligtxeill;SL;m“;€l`· _t t chemical changes in the air he breathed.   " ‘
of the T . _ -, L `_ `O mpm an Such changes are only obtained under _   Z ~
11] oul llxes, lt has natulally become a test eemhtiehe hl ehti ht _t t_ »»  
'Yds at   topic of universal conversation. We talk They hevel, Occur ih-1_t§)mSC(;$hl§ah nlm   { 
year’s about the weather on all occasions, but to -_ . V. C “€ 0"`   J
_ _ _ . . M cupy. Even the all in the pit of a Lon-   .
·l¤ tar at Math Tram Ohta thsit that Na aaa den theatre eee- e crowded penermenee    .-
i. ls dma a‘ly§l““g abf’“ltll’ ‘S_ at m“€h Pl contained but a fraction or e percent less   T
ts new an exaggela lon as vi as e plematule le- Oxygen than that et hetmel eh,   ..  t
_ port of that great \V1`1lZ€l"S death. I _   . - ' _ . A  w  , ,
taht a A _ _ _ n oul homes, the all inside IS pl actlcal- l  
’ Of c0Ll1‘S€, lt 1S IlOlL D1`2lCl1C3l to t1`Y to ly the game chemically as that out of l   `
l Your control the elements of nature and make tltlsrs Thsrt, is always so much alr laah_ p   ‘ *
lppear “`€3.l]h€l` Out of dOO]°S. The aV€l`3.g€ D€l`·   into even a vv€il-cO]·lSt1·uCt€d hOuSt€ ii  i
e Cats son, however, 1S only out of doors ten or that thars is appr-Oxlrhatsly a :n€“r supply _t ·   l 
)0tball l-lft€€l'l l)€1`C€l'1t of the t\V€l'lty·fOlll` l-IOUYS. Of air every hou]; rt  V.
y vvlll A We slaahd mast of our hrea ihdaara ahtl it When in an enclosed room, we do net   .
_ l$lI'l(lOO1` weather that lends itself to SCIGU- use up the oxygen in the air, l'10l' do We  iii t 
_   lllltf 00nl31‘0l- fill the room with carbon dioxide. But we A  li  
’l°°ml' Doing something about indoor weather do something else to the air, and it is  t  
lat W9 began in the laboratory. Investigations this something else which is of import- l   ,
r next were first conducted to determine the im- ance. Let me explain lt this way: t , ,  ll
l portance of chemical properties of air. The human body may be lll{€I'l€(l·lZ(? a   t 
These chemical properties of air are tea kettle because it is constantly giving   A
» oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, argon. off heat and moisture. _ In fact, lt gives t    {J
. helium, neon and traces of other gases, but off so much that lf thls heat were con-     — 
the two which are important to us are centrated it would be sufficient to boll   .
oxygen and carbon dioxide. Most of us away _or completely cV€tl>01‘Ht€ 0¤<’§·l1h¤`