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Blue And Gray Tobacco Smoke

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Parent Issue
Day
1
Month
August
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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Did yon ever notice, whüe enjoying your favorite cigar, that the smoke that curls up from the burning end of the "weed" Is blue, white tliat exhaust4 from the mouth ia of a whitlsh gray? The explanation of this oddity is not far to seek. The wreath from the ] fiery end of the cigar is In the shape of infinitesimal duet partióles, and all such partióles (even the blue of the attuosphere is explained in the same way) reflect the blue color. In the case of the exhaled smoke the fine partióles have united with the moisture of the breath, and have thereby become several folds larger than those escaping direct from the burning tobáceo. This being the case, they have become large enough to reflect the white light which gives the exhaled smoke an entirely different color.

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Subjects
Old News
Ann Arbor Register