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English: Mining foreman R. Thornburg shows a small cage with a canary used for testing carbon monoxide gas in 1928.
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Source https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/story-real-canary-coal-mine-180961570/
Author George McCaa, U.S. Bureau of Mines

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Mining foreman R. Thornburg shows a small cage with a canary used for testing carbon monoxide gas in 1928.

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