lachrymatory gas
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Large concentrations of lachrymators begin to affect the lungs and cause sickness, coughing and general irritation.
From Military Instructors Manual by Schoonmaker, Oliver
Lachrymators at Loos, 1915.—Germany commenced the manufacture of lachrymators, crude brominated xylene or brominated ketones, early in, or perhaps before 1915.
From The Riddle of the Rhine; chemical strategy in peace and war by Lefebure, Victor
The Germans undoubtedly attached considerable importance to their brominated lachrymators.
From The Riddle of the Rhine; chemical strategy in peace and war by Lefebure, Victor
Even this helmet was not satisfactory against the high concentrations of phosgene or lachrymators, and after much research the opinion gained ground that further development must be on other lines.
From The Riddle of the Rhine; chemical strategy in peace and war by Lefebure, Victor
The lachrymators were mainly raw materials and intermediates of the dye industry submitted to a process, the technique of which the German dye factories readily mastered.
From The Riddle of the Rhine; chemical strategy in peace and war by Lefebure, Victor
