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Wind Rose demonstrating Wind Frequency for 1949.
electricity generating station in Europe and the largest gas-producing
works in the world. Finally, I want to again emphasise that the old idea
that a smoking chimney symbolises prosperity has long been debunked
On the contrary, it demonstrates waste of valuable energy, which is
deplorable when one considers the value of coal in our national economy.
The wind-roses shown for 1949 and 1950 demonstrate graphically
the wind frequency in the Borough. In the roses 1/32 inch on each line
represents one day's wind. The figures at each point give the number of
of days the wind was blowing from each point of the compass. It will
be seen that approximately half of each year the wind was blowing from
approximately the South-West and therefore the maximum nuisance
would arise to the North-East of any point of atmospheric pollution.
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