MASKED CYCLIST SOUNDS GAS-ATTACK WARNING (Jun, 1936)
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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jun, 1936
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Tags: chemical warfare
Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jun, 1936
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Tags: chemical warfare
MASKED CYCLIST SOUNDS GAS-ATTACK WARNING
Sounding a loud alarm through a loudspeaker clamped to the handlebars of his bicycle, a masked rider wheeled through London streets recently, like a modern Paul Revere, to test the efficiency of a new method of warning the public against sudden aerial gas attacks in war time. Equipped with gas mask and respirator, the cyclist broadcast warnings through a microphone built into the mask and wired to the battery-operated loudspeaker.
