This article is about the term for thick fog or smog. For the soup made from peas, see Pea soup.
Piccadilly Circus during the Great Smog of London, 1952
Pea soup fog (also known as a pea souper, black fog or killer fog) is a very thick and often yellowish, greenish or blackish fog caused by air pollution that contains soot particulates and the poisonous gas sulphur dioxide. This very thick smog occurs in cities and is derived from the smoke given off by the burning of soft coal for home heating and in industrial processes. Smog of this intensity is often lethal to vulnerable people such as the elderly, the very young (infants) and those with respiratory problems. The result of these phenomena was commonly known as a London particular or London fog; in a reversal of the idiom, "London particular" became the name for a thick pea and ham soup.[1]
^Jo Swinnerton (1 October 2004). The London Companion. Pavilion Books. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-86105-799-0.
Peasoupfog (also known as a peasouper, black fog or killer fog) is a very thick and often yellowish, greenish or blackish fog caused by air pollution...
types of soup include fruit soups, dessert soups, pulse soups such as split pea, cold soups and other styles. The earliest evidence for soup in human...
to refer to smoky fog due to its opacity, and odor. The word was then intended to refer to what was sometimes known as peasoupfog, a familiar and serious...
or "Fog, Intense Dispersal Of") was a system used for dispersing fog and peasoupfog (dense smog) from an airfield so that aircraft could land safely...
1966 New York City smog 2013 Eastern China smog Great Smog of London Peasoupfog Heidorn, K. C. (December 1978). "A Chronology of important Events in...
intersection, Gorgonzola cheese raining down for a whole day, and a peasoupfog. The food began to increase in size and started creating natural disasters...
importance of the event. 1930 Meuse Valley fog 1939 St. Louis smog 2013 Eastern China smog Great Smog of London Peasoupfog "Donora Smog". Historical Marker Database...
"A Foggy Day (In London Town)" in reference to the pollution-induced peasoupfogs that were common in London during that period, and is often still referred...
had long been noted for its peasoupfog. In 1880, meteorologist Rollo Russell wrote an influential pamphlet, London Fogs, noting that "numerous deaths...
she leaves the U.S. Embassy at 1 Grosvenor Square during a London "pea-soup" fog. As she crosses the square to her residence, an unseen voice near the...
panic, as London was infamous for its fog. However, this one was denser and longer-lasting than any previous "pea-souper". Visibility was reduced to a few...
the corrosive effects of London's severe air pollution, the infamous peasoupfog, prior to the passage of the Clean Air Act 1956. The statue was made...
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the Causation of Cancer (With a Preface by Dr. Dawtrey Drewitt, 1916) Peasoupfog "Russell, (Francis Albert) Rollo (1849–1914)". Oxford Dictionary of National...
soup refers to a traditional soup made with various types of cereals such as rye, wheat and oats, which are fermented to create a sourdough-like soup...
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suggest her first husband is still alive. As a thick and overwhelming peasoupfog begins to descend upon London, she meets with London Police Inspector...
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Project Environmental history Environmental issues in the United Kingdom Peasoupfog Brimblecombe, Peter (2003). The Effects Of Air Pollution On The Built...
stages and one slow cruise; flat calm seas under blazing skies, a thick pea-souperfog, and a rough coastal run; 42 assorted boats ranging in power from 100 hp...
train service, but was far enough away to avoid the then-regular London peasoupfogs. At the time, Borehamwood was a small hamlet in the parish of Elstree...
weather for the seventh was even worse, and the game was played in thick peasoupfog and drizzle, with a very wet pitching mound. It was hoped that Aldridge...
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the vicinity, a boat from Lemuel Burrows had located Herndon in the pea-soupfog, and the former had taken the latter under tow. Acushnet then took over...
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