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König's Smoke Helmet - the first widely used firefighting respirator in Germany, 19th Century
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I find it hard to believe since I saw the exact same helmet in a museum in germany where there was an exhibit of “failed inventions”
Apparently the version without the head sprinkler is the one that was most widely adopted.
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