Anti-Gas Fans from WW1 (1910s) ( lemmy.world )

Over 100,000 of these fans were issued to British troops on the Western Front during the First World War. Invented by Mrs Hertha Ayrton, a civilian scientist, they were used to clear the gaseous residue that collected in shell-holes and craters after a gas attack.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30028169

SaintWacko ,

Well, we know where she was catching them:
https://midwest.social/pictrs/image/416242b3-c879-43ff-878f-1f4050008b39.png

Gork ,

hmmm

hmmm

itsathursday ,

Absolutely nuts. “Shoo gas, move along now”.

Track_Shovel ,

I'm just imagining a group of soldiers who forgot their masks during a gas attack frantically fanning the gas away

andrew_bidlaw ,
@andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works avatar

fuck. Fuck. FUUUCK.

Track_Shovel ,

FAN FASTER LADS!

mhague ,

You didn't fan the gas because it turned into a sludge that coated everything on the battlefield. Like sticky soda residue on everything but it kills you.

Track_Shovel ,

Chlorine and others were certainly gases.

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