M&D Spoiler - Pgs 45 & 69

[Thomas Vieth]

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>> By the way, this one parobably slipped by me, what does V.O.C. stand for?
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>I don't have a clue for what it stood for way back then, but nowadays one
>meaning is "volatile organic compound" -- at it is a commonly measured and
>reported group of emissions subject to permitting & control under the US
>Clean Air Act and many state laws.
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>Peter Petto         |       ppetto at apk.net
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I think its the Dutch Company. I don't know what the V stands for (interesting, 
huh?), but the rest should (probably) read: Oostindiesche Compagnie (or some 
such spelling.
Thomas


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