What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: RSoC Robert Angus Smith PhD FRS 1820- 1903 First Chief Alkali Inspector 1863-1884 The Annual Reports of the Alkali Inspectorate show his concern for the control of black smoke and air pollution The Smoke Abatement Society, formed in 1909, proposed a Smokeless Zone for Manchester in 1938. Established in 1946, it pre-dated the Clean Air Act 1956 20 Gosvenor Square was the site of RA Smith's laboratory Royal Society of Chemistry Recorded plaque organisation: Royal Society of Chemistry.
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- Christopher Hilton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Gerald England, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Chris Allen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Peter McDermott, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Stephen Richards, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- David Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Paul Foster, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Richard Carlile, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Des Blenkinsopp, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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