The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol 80, 377-381,
Copyright, 1944, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York
A DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING THE CONCENTRATION OF GLYCOL VAPORS IN THE AIR
Theodore T. Puck Ph.D.1,
Henry Wise 1, and
O. H. Robertson M.D.1
1 From the Department of Medicine, the Douglas Smith Foundation for Medical Research, and the Bartlett Memorial Fund of The University of Chicago, Chicago
A device for automatically maintaining any desired concentration of triethylene or propylene glycol vapor in air is described. It can also be used to measure very rapidly the glycol content of room air. This instrument should greatly facilitate tests of the efficacy of glycol vapors in preventing air-borne infections.
Submitted on August 11, 1944