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089 - Connections - James Burke

You Are Not So Smart

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Daimler and Maybach's Scent Sprays

Daimler and Maybach made an engine that heated gasoline to help produce volatile fumes. They then piped those fumes into an even hotter chamber where they exploded. In order to get rid of the bad air, they turned to scent sprays to fumigate places like hospital rooms.

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