Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-12-29 | Page 3 | First Gas Mask Made by Woman in Pittsburg

First Gas Mask J Made by Woman ! In Pittsburg i 1 PITTSBURG, De -. 23. Tt Is lalnie;l tbat the first gas mask based upon the use of charcoal for the absorption of hlfrh!y poisonous pases from the atmosphere, atmos-phere, the principle which in actur.i practice was to valuable to the armies of ' lh world war, was made by the late ' Mrs J B. Garner, of Pittsburg. This . i (. i... nt Is made f.t the M. Iloai Imtl- mi.- of Research here. Mrs. Garner, the wife of the director of j research of an Important natural sas company here, became Interested in ih I experiment her husband was conducting I In connection with the gases which at ; that time, early In 1915. had appeared on the battle fields of Europe. Wh n the principle was once established, the Instl-tuc Instl-tuc declared, Mra. Garner designed and made a dozen gas nmsk.t of the caniatcr , type, and In June, 1915, they were handed ! over to the representatives in America o: the British government. They ecnt to England, and from this first dexlrn-1 other fe'.is m.aaks were made. When tbo United States entered tnc war full details of the experimental work and all apparatus that had been employed were supplied to the government. Miv. Garner, WhOM husband Is a fellow of the j Mellon Institute of Research, died a i year ago. . nn .