XV.—On the Formation of Small Clear Spaces in Dusty Air

Abstract

The dust particles floating in our atmosphere are every day demanding more and more attention. As our knowledge of these unseen particles increases, our interest deepens, and I might almost say gives place to anxiety, when we realise the vast importance these dust particles have on life, whether it be those inorganic ones so small as to be beyond the powers of the microscope, or those larger organic ones which float unseen through our atmosphere, and which, though invisible, are yet the messengers of sickness and of death to many—messengers far more real and certain than poet or painter has ever conceived.