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The Vita f
THE
VITA L FL AM E
COMPTON MACKENZIE
Illustrated by forty-two pictures
in Colour Photography
and seven pages of
Isotype Charts
LONDON
PUBLISHED FOR THE BRITISH GAS COUNCIL BY
FREDERICK MULLER LTD
29 GREAT JAMES STREET
wciLIST OF CHARTS IN COLOUR
Following page 80
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Gas Made, per Head of Population
Range of By-products of the Gas Industry
Gas Consumers in the Regions of Great Britain, 1946
Annual Gas Sales in Great Britain
London Area: Smoke Pollution. Gas and Coke OutputGas Made, per Head of Population.
_MANUFACTURED. GAS NATURAL GAS
United States # =i BR
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Great Britain 2
Netherland
Denmark
Sweden
Germany
Switzerland &
Each complete unit with flame represen
ts 500 cubic feet of gos.
ISOTYPE
INSTITURange of By-Products of the Gas Industry.
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REFRIGERANTS :
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MOTOR FUEL EXPLOSIVE INSECTICIDES DYES PRINTING IN MEDICINES® DISINFECTANT:
orange: fuel, explosives etc. red: for indirect use (in industry etc.) green: used in agriculture ' blue: for direct use (in home etc.) ‘ somnelalME RY py Meena LS
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MIDLAND
WEST SOUTH EAST.
Each house represents 50,000 families
blue: gas consumers
The Regions are those proposed in the Heyworth Committee of Enquiry into the Gas Industry.
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INSTITUT!Annual Gas Sales in Great Britain
1885 — 1890 ey
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1891-1900 I a l =
1901 — 1910
1911 — 1920
1921— 1930
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1941-1945
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Each complete unit with flame represents 50,000,000,000 cubic feet of gas. onlLondon Area
Smoke Pollution Gas and Coke Output
1927
1937
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Each cloud layer represents Each flame represents ig}
100 tons of deposits per square mile. 20,000,000,000,000 British Thermal Units instr 
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