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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...general Professor Olsen and his research arsonists (George E. Ferguson, Leopold Scheflan) found three distinct layers of gases present in their burning room, "one at the ceiling, one on the floor, and an intermediate layer which consisted of more nearly pure air than either of the other two." A few moments of blaze, however, churns the layers together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: In Case of .Fire | 5/29/1933 | See Source »

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