gaswarfare
12 photos tagged gaswarfare, from 6 members of Flickr Commons.
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- Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales
- State Library of Queensland
- National Science and Media Museum
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Fanning gas (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded June 2016
The Insidious and Deadly Gas that Creeps Noiselessly Down Toward the Foe (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded November 2011
Lewis gun's crew ready in the front line during an actual gas attack from National Library of Scotland uploaded June 2010
Portuguese at a Gas School from National Library of Scotland uploaded June 2010
Lewis gun's crew ready in the front line during an actual gas attack from National Library of Scotland uploaded June 2010
Gas alarm in the front line from National Library of Scotland uploaded June 2010
Gas alarm in the front line from National Library of Scotland uploaded June 2010
Newtown Air-raid Decontamination Squad from Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales uploaded February 2010
Soldiers drill in their gas masks during World War I from State Library of Queensland uploaded October 2009
Surrounded by invisible death from State Library of New South Wales uploaded September 2008
Gas attack. Funk holes in the trenches from State Library of New South Wales uploaded September 2008
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Soldiers drill in their gas masks during World War I
- Rory_Sykes said:
- Ubych said:
- Fabio said:
The Insidious and Deadly Gas that Creeps Noiselessly Down Toward the Foe (LOC)
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skillful north said:
That is truly scary
Fanning gas (LOC)
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Art Siegel said:
This is a Committee on Public Information photo, No. 8641. From the Committee's catalog: "8641 THE FLAPPER FAN IN USE. A gas wave coming over the trench, the men using the fan to clear the trench of gas. Training at Camp Kearney Cal " Catalogue of Photographs and Stereopticon Slides United States. Committee on Public Information. Division of pictures March 1 to June 1, 1918
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Art Siegel said:
A youtube video shows the fan in use. "In the trenches, mustard gas and other agents were counteracted in a variety of ways. Once an attack ceased, trenches were cleared of low lying gas. One method required the use of an Ayrton or trench fan. This device consisted of a two-foot-long handle attached to a rigid piece of canvas hinged to a fifteen-inch section that moved in one direction. In effect the fan was used like a shovel, with the moveable flap creating an upward air current, thus removing the gas. Americans adopted these fans as called for by British defensive gas doctrine. Unfortunately, the fans, according to the British were "worse than worthless." Not only did they not remove the vapor, but the exertion of masked users led to exhaustion and increased susceptibility to gassing. The fans were eventually discarded and burned to create an updraft, soon recognized as a better method of clearing trenches and dugouts of gas." www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_2Dt1-shPY The Imperial War Museum has one: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30028501