The Oxford Companion to the Earth
Contributors: Paul L. Hancock (Editor); Brian J. Skinner (Editor); David L. Dineley (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: February 15, 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1185
ISBN-13: 9780198540397
First sentence: Acid rain became one of the most emotive environmental issues of the 1970s and 1980s, yet the presence of high concentrations of acids in the urban rainfall of Manchester, in comparison with surrounding rural areas, was identified in a systematic way over a hundred years ago by Angus Smith, an industrial chemist who was employed as the first Inspector of Factories.