Black Veil Respirator
The Black Veil Respirator was an early British gas mask designed by John Scott Haldane and introduced in May 1915.
History
The German army used chlorine as a
lachrymatory agents; however, the mask itself still only provided limited protection against chlorine gas.[4]
First issued on 20 May 1915, the Black Veil had a pouch for the pad to sit in and a string to hold the mask in to the face, and was thus an improvement to the hand-held cloth. However, it was of fragile construction, required training to use effectively, and largely immobilized its wearers because they were concerned about the mask coming loose. Following the introduction of the British Smoke Hood, the Black Veil was relegated to an emergency backup.
References
- ^ "Second Battle of Ypres Begins". history.com. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ Cook 1998, p. 8.
- ^ a b Wetherell & Mathers 2007, p. 157.
- ^ Spiers 2017, p. 156.
- ^ Cook 1998, pp. 9–10.
- ISBN 0-585-23269-5.
- ^ "Macpherson Gas Hood . Accession #980.222". The Rooms Provincial Museum Archives (St. John’s, NL). Retrieved 5 August 2017.
Bibliography
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- Cook, Tim (1998). "Through Clouded Eyes:Gas Masks and the Canadian Corps i n the First World War". Material History Review. 47 (Spring ed.): 4–18.
- Spiers, Edward M. (2017), "The Gas War, 1915-1918: If not a War Winner, Hardly a Failure.", in Friedrich, Bretislav; Hoffmann, Dieter; Renn, Jürgen; Schmaltz, Florian; Wolf, Martin (eds.), One Hundred Years of Chemical Warfare: Research, Deployment, Consequences, Springer, pp. 153–178, ISBN 978-3319516639
- Wetherell, Anthony; Mathers, George (2007), "Respiratory Protection", in Marrs, Timothy; Maynard, Robert; Sidell, Frederick (eds.), Chemical Warfare Agents: Toxicology and Treatment, New York: Wiley, pp. 157–174, ISBN 978-0470013595
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