Literal fogs may be very detrimental, but it would be more valuable to
clear away the fogs of ignorance and prejudice from human minds.
Fogs are not only disagreeable, but very expensive, especially
in fog-bound London, where they are often the cause of great
loss to merchants. During the week preceding Christmas in a
recent year it is estimated that as a result of foggy weather
at least $50,000,000 was lost in that city, business being
paralyzed for the time being. This being the case, the invention
of some means for clearing the air of fog would mean to the
British merchant a very material increase of prosperity. The
problem is one of such serious importance that experiments
are now being carried on with a view of finding practical
means for dispelling the dense atmospheric conditions.--W.
RAYMOND, _The American Inventor_.
(2223)