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Decontamination (from gases, chemicals, etc.)

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Chemical Warfare
Civil Defense
Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous - War use

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  • A portable device used to counteract poisonous gases, being carried on a man's back. Halftone.

Works from the collections

3 works

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    Decontamination of materials : air raid precautions handbook no. 4 / Home Office, Air Raid Precautions Dept.

    | Date: 1937
    • Books
    • Online

    Decontamination of materials / issued by the Ministry of Home Security (Air Raid Precautions Department).

    | Date: 1936
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A portable device used to counteract poisonous gases, being carried on a man's back. Halftone.

    | Reference: 24075i

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