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.
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Absolutely nuts. “Shoo gas, move along now”.
I’m just imagining a group of soldiers who forgot their masks during a gas attack frantically fanning the gas away
fuck. Fuck. FUUUCK.
FAN FASTER LADS!
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.
Chlorine and others were certainly gases.
hmmm
Well, we know where she was catching them:
