Toxic Gas Detector Kit

PART OF:
Apparatus used in the investigation of lung disease
Made:
1960-1980 in Glasgow

MSA portable Toxic Gas Detector Kit, in leather carrying case, from the Occupational Health Department of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, by Mine Safety Appliances Co. Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland, 1960-1980

Details

Category:
Public Health & Hygiene
Object Number:
1992-557/21
type:
gas testers
credit:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Parts

Glass Bottle and Bung

Glass Bottle and Bung

Glass bottle with rubber bung, contents unknown. From MSA portable Toxic Gas Detector Kit, from the Occupational Health Department of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, by Mine Safety Appliances Co. Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland, 1960-1980

Materials:
rubber (unidentified) and glass
Object Number:
1992-557/21/2
type:
bottle
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Leather Carry Case

Leather Carry Case

Leather "MSA" carry case for toxic gas detector kit used in the investigation of lung disease

Object Number:
1992-557/21/4
type:
carry case
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Information leaflet for sulfur dioxide gas detector GD4.

Information Leaflet for Gas Detector Kit

Information leaflet for sulfur dioxide gas detector GD4.

Object Number:
1992-557/21/5
type:
leaflet

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