ARTIFICIAL FOG
PROTECTION FROM AIR
EXPERIMENT IN FRANCE
PARIS, 23rd May. The creation of artificial fog to protect towns and villages in war-time is now regarded as a practical proposition. In the presence of Marshal Pcta.ni, the whole village of Linselles, near Lille, was blotted out for half an hour from air and land. ■ . A compound containing sulphuric anhydride aud sulphuric acid was injected into four long iron tanks holding iiine Immediately thick clouds emerged, causing only slight and harmless coughing among the spectators. The cost of the preparation will be small, and communities will be able to. make their own protective smokescreens.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 121, 25 May 1931, Page 9
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ARTIFICIAL FOG
Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 121, 25 May 1931, Page 9
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