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The Hellish and dismal cloud of...Coal...perpetually imminent over (London) ...that her inhabitants breathe nothing but impure and thick mist...corrupting the lungs and disordering the entire habit of their bodies so the Catarrhs,...Cough, and Consumption, range more in this one City, than in the whole Earth besides.

John Evelyn

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John Evelyn
Age: 85 †
Born: 1620
Born: October 31
Died: 1706
Died: February 27
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