GASES FROM THE AIR.
i FACTORIES IN NEW ZEALAND. A ROMANTIC INVENTION. Factories for the production of gases from the air are to be opened in New Zealand. «, Mr George 11. V. Burroughs, wild arrived by the Aorangi, 'has come Co New Zealand with the object of establishing plants in the larger cities of the Dominion. | The product in which Mr Burroughs is interested is known to the commercial world at the Claude Neon Lighting Industry. The secret was first discovered by M. Georges Claude, <|f Paris, one of -the leading scientists o’f the world. As a result of M. Claude’s invention the rare gases of the air are turned into liquid and put to commercial us<s. The gas is easily produced, according to Mr Burroughs. "It' is tlie most romantic invention in the history of commerce,” said My Burroughs, who stated that five different colours are available for lighting purposes a.t present, though there ai{e 70 colours in use for experiments i£ the laboratories. j i
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Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17742, 20 June 1929, Page 11
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167GASES FROM THE AIR. Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17742, 20 June 1929, Page 11
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