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TABLE 1.6 CONCENTRATION OF AIR POLLUTANTS IN MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES

BUILDING S 0 2 N0 X NO DATES
o 3
(ppm) (ppm) (ppb) (ppm)
National Gallery, London 0.25
Victoria and Albert Museum, London 3-42 1983
Tate Gallery, London <4 1980-83
Sainsbury Center, Norwich, U.K. 40 (max) 1981
National Archives and Records Administration, 2-25 <42 10-252
Fort Worth, Texas
National Gallery, Washington, D.C. <1 low 7-50
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. <0.5 low 4-145
Baxter Gallery, Pasadena, Calif. 120 1982
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles <10 1982
Huntington Gallery, San Marino, Calif. <10 1982
Scott Gallery, San Marino, Calif. 31 92 32 1964
Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif. 75 37
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 1-5 1974

Summer measurements
Rijksarchief, The Hague <1 <1 30 1986
Rijksarchief, Arnhem 1 2 16 1986
Rijksarchief, Leewwarden <1 <1 ~7 1986

Winter measurements
Rijksarchief, The Hague 1.5 49 1986
Rijksarchief, Arnhem 4.5 39 1986
Rijksarchief, Leewwarden <1 ~46 1986

After Brimblecombe 1990.

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