‘Limey’
The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
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‘Limey’, a name originally used by Americans when referring to a British seaman, though now frequently enlarged to embrace all British people. It originated from the British regulation that all ships registered in the UK were to carry a stock of lime juice on board for issue to the crew as a preventive against
scurvy. For the same reason, British ships were known in the USA as ‘lime-juicers’.
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Illegal Freon enters U.S.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 8/17/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...now comes a new and growing criminal enterprise: Freon smuggling. Freon - the trade name for a chemical called R-12 - is...noticed that it nearly cost your shirt. That's because Freon is an ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbon that's...
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 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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FIGHT BACK : FREON BAN LEAVING MANY AUTO OWNERS OUT IN THE COLD.(L.A. LIFE)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 2/15/1997; 700+ words
; ...chloroflourocarbon refrigerant, better known as freon. It's the gas that makes refrigerators...until 1994. Ten thousand tons of illegal freon enter this country every year in 12-ounce...million worth. Next to illegal drugs, freon is the most commonly smuggled contraband...
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 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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PAYING THE PRICE FOR FREON.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 7/18/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...s merely the cost of saving the world. Freon, a popular trade name for air conditioning...consumers. Eventually, production of Freon will be banned because many scientists...surprised when it cost him $150 to replace Freon in his home air conditioner. ''I got...
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Timing key for replacing Freon-based ice plants
Newspaper article from: The Brandon Sun; 4/7/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...feel pressured to get rid of operational Freon-based ice plants, according to a Winnipeg...Manitoba's community arenas still use Freon-style compressors to make ice surfaces...It's always been a tug of war between Freon plants and ammonia plants," Vien said...
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GOVERNMENT WAGES WAR ON ILLICIT FREON.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 11/10/1996; 700+ words
; ...old staple on car-repair shop shelves, Freon. And it is taking on a sinister new role...federal officials are waging a ``war on Freon'' with some of the same seriousness as...crack down on the thousands of tons of Freon that enter the country illegally each year...
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Environmentalists Upset With EPA Request for More Freon
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 12/27/1993; 700+ words
; ...00-00-0000 LINDA WERTHEIMER, Host: Freon - it's bad, it's banned, but not...music] WERTHEIMER: The government banned Freon, DuPont began phasing it out, planning...lot of attention just now. CFC- 12, or freon, as it's commonly called, has been...
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Freon retrofit. (automobile air conditioning)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Consumers' Research Magazine; 7/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...equipped with A/C systems that use Freon (R-12) refrigerant. When these systems...the expense can be considerable because Freon is no longer produced in the United States...August 1992.) The per-pound cost of Freon is now more than $40 and the typical A...
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Footing the bill for Freon flimflammery.(Commentary)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 9/17/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...required? Then try your hand at smuggling Freon - that nasty automotive refrigerant banned...1992. It's now illegal to manufacture Freon (or R-12, as it is commercially known...to keep their air conditioners working. Freon is still available - but it isn't cheap...
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Car owners face Freon shock
Newspaper article from: The Journal Record; 8/9/1996; ; 608 words
; ...automobile's ailing air conditioner with Freon, they "hop into the car and take off...designed to operate with dwindling supplies of Freon. The refrigerant, also known as R- 12...As a consequence, the retail price of Freon has zoomed to $25 to $35 per pound...
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Witness: Reynolds used Freon in cigarettes without studying effects
News Wire article from: AP Online; 4/2/1998; ; 614 words
; ...J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. began using Freon to process tobacco for low-tar cigarettes...testified Wednesday that the company used Freon for more than two decades. But he said...long-term effects of the combination of Freon and tobacco smoke on humans. Plaintiffs...
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Freon
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Freon [trade name], any one of a special class...saturated hydrocarbons (see alkane ). Every Freon contains at least some fluorine in its molecule...chemically unreactive. The most commonly used is Freon-12, or dichlorodifluoromethane (CCl 2...
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Freons
Book article from: Chemistry: Foundations and Applications
Freons The trademark Freon refers to any of several gaseous chlorofluorocarbons, CFCs...right is the number of carbons minus one. Thus, CHClF2 is Freon 22; CCl2F2 is Freon 12; CCl3F is Freon 11 (the zero, for the number of carbons...
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Air Conditioner
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...strong thermodynamic characteristics like freon, hydrocarbons, ammonia, or water. Design...building. Early air conditioners used freon as the working fluid, but because of the hazardous effects freon has on the environment, it has been phased...
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Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
...s 1930 development of the refrigerant Freon proved a major breakthrough. Safer than commonly used ammonia, Freon made possible smaller, more efficient...ban on atmosphere‐degrading Freon, raised concerns about their basic safety...
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Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)
Book article from: World of Earth Science
...consisting of chlorine, fluorine, carbon , and hydrogen. Freon, a trade name, is often used to refer to CFCs, which were...is now referred to as CFC-12 or F-12 and was marketed as Freon—as were a number of other compounds, including...
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