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Jan 1922
Odors and their Travel Habits
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Volume 85, Issue 1
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A famous educator on being asked to explain the term “synopsis” replied by saying that it was an “epitomized exegesis”. It is difficult to present a synopsis of this paper, for it is more a rumbling collection of notes about “smells”, with some incidents illustrating their intensity, prevalence, persistence and movements, than a logical engineering presentation of a definite subject, with conclusions, as a suggested guide to follow. In fact, definiteness as to smells is impossible, even as to any standard of describing them, and the paper makes a point of that fact.
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© 1922 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Jan 1922
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Louis L. Tribus, M.ASCE
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