Talk:James Bert Garner

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A fact from James Bert Garner appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 April 2008, and was viewed approximately 25,900 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that James Garner sent two of his associates into a room filled with toxic chlorine gas?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/April.

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Did not create first gas mask

There is not citation on the article about Dr. MacPherson and chemicals do not adsorb chlorine gas. Dr. Garner's invention was the first gas adsorbant mask having and used activated charcoal, and is widely documented in newspapers and other publications from the time. There is wide confusion in the literature about what is a gask mask and what is a breathing device with filters which may be part of what is contributing to this.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.101.174.70 (talk) 06:22, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This will need some form of correction. While the details are somewhat contested, both Dr._Cluny_MacPherson (who was on the front lines) and Edward_Harrison_(chemist) are credited with the creation of the Gas mask, and then the later field serviceable version, respectively. The source used in this article for the claim is an old out of print American "who's who" book, not exactly what should be taken as reliable.

This is not to say James Bert Garner did not conduct his research or that the British did not use his findings at some point. But he definitely was not the creator of the Gas mask during World War I, as Dr._Cluny_MacPherson takes that credit. I'll try to work an appropriate way to note that in this article, please feel free to correct as necessary. TrackZero (talk) 19:52, 13 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Had to revert changes as Yoganate79 arbitrarily tried to give direct credit of the invention to James Bert Garner. While I appreciate American pride, facts are facts, he was not the inventor and will not be credited as such. Both Canadian and British inventors beat him to the punch. TrackZero (talk) 21:05, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]