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- Juliette, Lee and Thomas
- Too bad
- Sock pioneer
- Common European 'thing'
- Droopy socks
- Markov Process with Spatially Dependent Rate
- Up Your Hose
- By jove, I think I've found it
- Socks May Have Been Different Then
- Since I'm not that old
- WOW, I really don't know what to say about this one.
- Just a hunch.
- Childhood memories
- Prettier with a sunflower.
- Route 49
- Manna from Heaven
- Chemical Soup
- At first glance
- Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
- Kudos to the owner
- Reducing Her Screen Time
- Would love to see the whole house
- Can't unsee this
- YOU LOOKIN AT ME?!
- New Lens, part 2
- New Lens
- A Long Road
- Where Do Slim Jims Come From?
- Decowpitated
- Enjoying some fresh air
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Protected: 1936
Oct. 15, 1936. Washington, D.C. "Protection against that dreaded disease Silicosis is assured underground workers with this new sand-blasting helmet developed by William P. Biggs, Safety Engineer of the Navy Department. Weighing only 43 ounces, the helmet has been tested for nearly a year in various naval stations throughout the country." Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.
Where is the hood
According to a safety bulletin from 1936, this came with a silk hood that went over the head and shoulders and extended to the waist, leaving only the area with the eye shield visible.
Gauley Bridge, West Virginia
Silicosis first received widespread public attention in 1936 when as many as 1,500 men died near the town of Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, as a result of breathing in silica dust. Nov 18, 1992
https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/updates/93-123.html
Fill the pointy thing with sand
point it at the workpiece, and sneeze.
Hefty
30 minutes of work and 45 minutes of resting and cold ice packs. Yikes!
Is that all?
"Only" 43 ounces! Nearly 2 pounds of visual obstruction...
[Yeah, he should have calculated things better. -tterrace]
LOL! I meant to type "3 pounds".
Never caught it...
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