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Ruth West 1896 - 1975

Ruth West of Smithfield, Providence County, RI was born on April 7, 1896, and died at age 78 years old in February 1975.
Ruth West
Smithfield, Providence County, RI 02917
April 7, 1896
February 1975
Female
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  • 04/7
    1896

    Birthday

    April 7, 1896
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  • 02/dd
    1975

    Death

    February 1975
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Ruth West lived 6 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1896, in the year that Ruth West was born, in April, the first study on global warming due to CO2 - carbon dioxide - in the atmosphere was published by Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius. Arrhenius concluded that human activity due to the Industrial Revolution would amplify CO2 in the atmosphere, causing a greenhouse effect. His conclusions have been extensively tested in the ensuing 100+ years and are still seen to hold true.
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In 1915, when she was 19 years old, the Germans first used poison gas as a weapon at the second Battle of Ypres during World War I. While noxious gases had been used since ancient times, this was the first use of poisonous gas - in this case, lethal chlorine gas - in modern war. Subsequently, the French and British - as well as the United States when they entered World War 1 - developed and used lethal gas in war.
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