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John and Charles Deane invented their mask
The brothers John and Charles Deane pattented their own Gas Masks which were first used to protect fire fighters from smoke and was later modified for divers. -
Scottish chemist invents new Mask
Scottish chemist John Stenhouse invented a new gas mask that used charcoal to filter noxious gas. -
American, Garrett Morgan patented the Morgan safety hood
Garrett Morgan's Safety Hood is believed to be the basis for the WWI gas mask used in the war and the Hood made national news when the mask was used to rescue miners that were trapped. -
Canadian, Cluny Macpherson designed a fabric 'smoke helmet'
Macpherson designed this version of the gask mask to defeat the airborne clorine from the Germans' gas attacks in WWI. It had one exhaleing tube with chemical sorbets and was later modified by the Allies to fight chemical weapons. -
The British builds carbon monoxide respirator
The British bulit a carbon monoxide respirator to protect troops from the carbon monxide admited from unexploded shells that landded in or near the trenchs. -
the British Small Box Respirator is created
The British Small Box Respirator was just a modified version of the British's normal respirator which included a drum filter and was one of the most heavily used gas masks of WWI.
