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Photograph caption dated January 12, 1959 reads, "Dr. Stuart Ridgway, of Ramo-Wooldridge Division of Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc., makes final adjustment on afterburner installed in place of muffler under test car. Afterburner--ling cylindrical tube--is designed to eliminate 90 per cent of smog-causing hydrocarbons and will be tested by Air Pollution Control District beginning Monday. Hydrocarbons are broken down into carbon dioxide and water."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Thompson Ramo Wooldridge, inc.--Ramo-Wooldridge Division Thompson Ramo Wooldridge, inc.--Ramo-Wooldridge Division--Employees Men--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Afterburners--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--Pollution control devices Tools--California--Los Angeles Lamps--California--Los Angeles Canoga Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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