Further Antedating of "Smog"

[Wilson Gray]

On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Douglas G. Wilson <douglas at nb.net> wrote:
> "_Smog_"Â  ... _combined of smoke and fog_ ...

This definition was still so widely accepted that, during my youth in
the '50's, it was routinely rebutted as inexact in articles about the
"smog" of Los Angeles.

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