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A quick google search suggests that the first official breathelyser test was
taken by a motorist in Somerset, if this helps narrow the field a bit.
Assuming you trust info. found on the internet, maybe Somerset County Museum
Service is the place to go?
Matthew Constantine
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> The first ever piloted breathelyser kit in the uk has come into my
> possession. It contains all the original chrystals but has probably dried
> out over the years ( no pun intended ). I want to offer it to a suitable
> museum, which was the intention of the owner who designed it. However
> rather than offer it to a large museum such as one of the motor museums or
> national science or transport museums I would rather it went to a smaller
> museum where it would be interpreted more sensitively as a piece of social
> history rather than a scientific piece ? Has anyone got any suggestions ?
> Secondly how should I be conserving it to stop further deterioration?
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> Patrick Colquhoun
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