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A ~ncinorrtndu~n of t,lic grciitcst intcrcst to tliosc concernctl with Clwmicnl IVarfnre nntl Air Rnid l'rccnot,ions was hrouglit, t.o tny iiotice by thc Jersey Stntcs' Officinl Annlyst,. His co-opcrntioii having bccn requested iii A.R.P. work locnlly, lie prntl~~ced in ~iiirsiint~cc of t . 1 ~ scientific rispccts of this work several it&resting translations froin tlic Gcrninii rind Dutch. The nhovc-nicntioncd ~ncniornnduiii is II notificntion of tlic l h t c h Advisory Coniiiiit~tce rcgnrdiiig clicinicnl and tcclinicnl rlcfcncc problems.
'Under t.hc t.itle " Ctlyceriuc :is :t protcctivc clciiicnt i i i gas clothiiig," it is stated that glycerine givcs II coinpbte protection ng:iinst tiiiistrird gris provitlcd tlint the glycerine csists in :in unl~rokcn ko~iiogcueous Iityer. Stnte111~1it follo\r.s iis to cspcriiiieiits carried oiit t o exhibit the capability of vnrioiis nintcriuls to absorb glycerine nntl t,hc vnluc of glyccrinc's auti-gns qiiulitics irlicn co~~ipoundcd with other siibstnnccs. 3Iciition is :tlso inntlc of espcrinicnts conductcd to provc thrit inustnrd gas is insoliililc in glycerine anti coiiltl not; penetrate it.
I n our iiationnl t~n~leitvoiir to ~icrfect iL scheinc of Air 'Haid Precnutions, i t is possible that progress might bc grentAy aidctl if our scientific workcrs nnd clicniists gcncrnlly iuterestcd tlicmselvcs in the work, uiid in view of tlic prolonged rescnrclics of tlic Dutch their r~ttention might he dircctccl to the ntlinirrilh nnil incspcnsivc booklets issiictl iitider ollicial nuspices in IZollancl, which iii the nbsencc of a kuo\vledgc of .Dutch can l x rcndily followed by tliosc ~iosscssing the ii~~crngc knowlcdgc of Gcrtnnn rind n I ~~~t e l i -l ~n g l i s l ~ dictionary.
It woultl n1ipc:i r froni t,lic s~iecch of Gcncrnl dc Hiddcr, reported in I ' Cheinic en lliiclitbcschcr~~iit~g " below, wlierc Ire is dcscrilied as liispcctor for the Protectiou of t*he Population against Air Attacks, thnt A.H.1'. work lins bccn in cxistcncc ninny yciirs in I~Iollr~ncl. :Ire notes iis iinl?ortant the following ycnrs :
1927, when 13urgcniccstcrs rccciwd 11 piiblication rcgnriling tlic ~i i c n s ~~r c s to be tnkcn by tho civil nuthoritics for the protcction of the pol)iilrition iiyainst thc! conscqucuces of attack from tlic iiir.
1091, \vhcn tlic " Lcidrnnd Luclitbesclicr~iii~~gs~lic~ist," a guide for air-protection scrviccs, wns issued. 103ti, tvlicii II law wns pussed plnciiig A.11.1'. 011 11 lugnl bnsis. Accortling to other publiciitions, Hoyd :I~ccrccs linvc bccn issiictl under this lnw. Tho Ncclerlu~idsclic Vcrcciiiging voor Luclitbcschcrning (Union for Air I'rotection) Iins issiictl nn inespensivr series of booklcts rlenling with A.M?., too 1ii1111crous to tlctiiil Iicrc. 'l'licir oilice is tit I' Niissuii OuwerkcrkBtr. 3 : :I)cn 1I'iin.g." \Wde a uiinibcr ~Ieiiling with riirious poison gnscs tire iip1)nrciitly no\v out of print, 11. selectio~i of t h s c st.ill obtiiinriblc is giveti below.
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