One of these was the ufacture of synthetic rubber which, by 1932, had not yet 'seed beyond the stage of promising experimental production, ut the other was solved soon after the merger of 1926, through famous Farben hydrogenation process by which Germany's could be transformed into oil, gasoline, and other' synthetic and lubricants.

First of all, if tetraethyl lead were added to gasoline alone it would turn into lead oxide dur ing combustion and coat the inside of the engine with white paint.

First of all, if tetraethyl lead were added to gasoline alone it would turn into lead oxide dur ing combustion and coat the inside of the engine with white paint.

Not only are American lead prices reasonable but they have been far below the general average of commodity prices since 1926.

Reinhold.................................................................................. 415 A Studt of Hazards Involved in Sprat Painting with Gasoline as a Diluent.

The second most im portant use fo r gasoline is because o f it s so lv en t a c tio n on many s u b s ta n c e s .

The Chicago industrial area leads all other industrial areas in the production of meat and packing house products; soaps, perfumes, cosmetics and toilet preparations; machinery; petroleum products and many others.

In 1933 our own Pubce concluded that the ust or fumes in the air - mg. per cubic meter for Chlorpdiphenyls Chromic acid Gasoline 5 1.0 1.0 0.1 1000 1000 n the basis of an investi- Glycols 25 gc battery plant, and a .'.303 men employed there, posurc," the figure must, Hydrochloric acid 10 Hydrocyanic acid 10 10 wer, for some cases were Hydrofluoric acid 3 3 Icvclopcd even at 12 mf. \ t important contributioo nadc by the Benzol Com,'ational Safety Council vC- - Lead (Mercury (Methyl alcohol 1.5 1.5 15 1.5 100 200 remember, established 100 i the 'nximum allowable her, That figure still avc i good deal of evi- j high.

15 TRANSACTIONS 29th NATIONAL SAFETY CONGRESS GENERAL AND INDUSTRIAL SESSIONS CHICAGO OCTOBER 7-11, 1940 "S EXHIBIT NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL, 20 North Wacker Drive, Chicago Copyright, It40, Notional Safaty Council, Inc.

The problem which has been r a is e d by your co rresp o n d en t i s n o t a new one of course* I t was r a is e d many y e a rs ago by th e te c h n ic a l s t a f f o f E thyl G asoline C orporation and o f i t s predecessor the G en e ra l M otors Chem ical Company* The i n v e s t i g a t i o n s begun in 1923 by th e U nited S ta te s Bureau o f Mines had as th e ir purpose the determ ination o f the degree o f hazard to th e p ublic which m ight a ris e from th is source o f a i r p o llu tio n * These s tu d ie s were c a r r ie d on f o r s e v e r a l y e a rs and w ere made t h e s u b je c t o f a v e r y com p reh en siv e re p o r t, th e d e ta ils o f which can be su p plied to you by the sim ple sta te m e n t th a t no ev idence was found th a t the lead content o f th e exhaust gas co n stitu ted any h azard to th e p u b lic h e a lth * T his work n a tu r a lly was done on e x p e rim e n ta l a n im a ls .

1 TRANSACTIONS 29th NATIONAL SAFETY CONGRESS GENERAL AND INDUSTRIAL SESSIONS CHICAGO OCTOBER 7-11, 1940 NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL, INC 20 North Wacker Drive, Chicago Copyright, It40, Notional Safaty Council, Inc.

FILE NAME State of the Art Literature SAL DATE 1940 DOC SAL031 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Excerpt from Encyclopedia Britannica - Industrial Welfare and Medicine )ENCYCLOP^ DIA -|a BRITANNICA . - ; re em ase : A New Survey of Universal Knowledge jig aes | : FOURTEENTH EDITION sea ; atx a yx Volume 12 use,aw HYDROZOA to JEREMY EPISTLE OF ma peve eo 7 bet .

\` Vol. 3.

FILE NAME: Ingersoll Rand (IRD) DATE: 1948 DOC#: IRD009 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Heating Ventilating Air Conditioning Guide HEATING VENTILATING AIR CONDITIONING GUIDE 1948 An Instrument of Service Prepared for the Profession containing A TECHNICAL DATA SECTION o f r e f e r e n c e m a t e r ia l on t h e DESIGN AND SPECIFICATION OF HEATING, VENTILATING AND AIR CONDI TIONING SYSTEMS BASED ON-- THE TRANSACTIONS-- THE INVESTIGATIONS o f t h e R e sea r c h L aboratory and Co o pe r a t in g I n stit u tio n s-- and t h e P ra c tice o f t h e M em bers and frien d s of t h e S o c ie t y ; A MANUFACTURERS5 CATALOG DATA SECTION c o n ta in in g e sse n t ia l AND RELIABLE INFORMATION CONCERNING MODERN EQUIPMENT: THE ROLL OF MEMBERSHIP OF THE SOCIETY; COMPLETE INDEXES t o T e c h n ic a l and C a t a l o g D ata S e c t io n s .

Prompted further bv the improved statistical position of lead during early August, the WPB removed entirely the limitations on the use of lead chemicals for rubber compounding and gasoline refining.