Arthur Émile
@blsard
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Doctorant @lhst_epfl Histoire de la pollution de l’air par le chemin de fer / PhD student, history of air pollution by steam train operations in France/Britain
Tgv Lyria
Joined September 2011
RT @ArchivesnatFr: ⛅️☀️Découvrez l’histoire incroyable d’André des Gachons, peintre illustrateur (1871-1951). Les Archives nationales conse…
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On Friday at the IRHA conference in Siena 🇮🇹 : "A familiar source of air pollution. Steam railways and the movement for smoke abatement in France and Britain" (c. 1860-1960)
En 1950, des membres de la National Smoke Abatement Society effectuent l'ascension de York minster pour observer la pollution de l'air responsable de la détérioration du monument. Au loin, les locomotives sheds, aujourd'hui @RailwayMuseum, où des taux records ont été mesurés
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RT @ACheminots: Fruit d'1 recherche d'envergure croisant de multiples sources, ce travail, publié en 2017, établit à 2 229 le nbre de chemi…
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Désormais accessible en ligne (avec malheureusement quelques coquilles de relecture) :
Contribution personnelle, un essai sur la gare comme "usine de transport", revue au prisme de la fumée des trains. Un exemple de débordement industriel au temps de la vapeur
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@RHummBooks First time I see this! Maybe it was more common in Britain?The letter is from G. Stephenson, March 1841, sharing "observations" and probably trying to influence the upcoming Regulation Act. Its in the National Archives, no big discovery im afraid :)
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RT @RWLDproject: A month until this @HistoryPolicy @ihr_history symposium! Health & Safety At Work Act - 50 Years On Still fit for purpose…
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RT @UoP_History: Next month! The next @ihr_history Transport & Mobility History seminar: @blsard: Steam trains & the smoke abatement move…
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RT @KillianKeane4: This is fascinating, apparently Salamanca was fitted with 'an awning to keep the man dry from the steam'
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Même auteur, mais une vision certainement plus critique du Progrès. Henry Alken, "The Progress of Steam, Alken's Illustration of Modern Prophecy. A View in White Chapel Road 1830" (@ExploreWellcome)
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To deal with such a task, they had to appoint their own ‘smoke inspectors’, whose job was in fact more about keeping an eye on the local sanitary/public health inspectors and make sure the engines didn't emit black smoke when they turned up… (Punch, 1958)
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RT @UoP_History: PhD student or ECR working on #TransportHistory or #MobilityHistory? Join the next @ihr_history Transport & Mobility Hist…
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"The ugly origins of beauty". Great piece from Christina Riggs (@durham_uni) on a 19th century oil painting from Wallington Hall depicting the might of Northumbria's industry
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Plus inattendu en 2024, l'appel aux sensibilites olfactives pour identifier la pollution associée aux combustibles fossiles...
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