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Watching bubbles in fermenting beer led 18th-century scientist Joseph Priestley to invent sparkling water – and to discover that different gases make up the air we breathe.
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Why the scariest monsters look almost human
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Making sense of senses lost
In rapid succession, Steve Barker suddenly lost sight and hearing on his left side. The effect on how he perceives the world has been profound.
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World War One: stretcher bearers wearing gas masks
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People in gas masks; representing the proponents (or the opponents?) of animal experiment. Lithograph after Fritz Bühler, 195-.
Bühler, Fritz, 1909-1963.Date: [between 1950 and 1959?]Reference: 5143i- Books
Lest we forget. [The manufacture of gas masks during World War I.].
Bell, Hills and Lucas (Firm)Date: [1919?]- Books
Doodlebugs, gas masks & gum : children's voices from the Second World War / Christine Rex.
Rex, ChristinaDate: 2008- Archives and manuscripts
Booklet re production of gas masks at John Bell, Hills & Lucas's Oxford Works, Tower Bridge Road, London
Date: 1919Reference: RAMC/761/1/1Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection