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Nosing around: Neill Reid, Sciex marketing vice-president, shows off part of his company's Condor device, an electronic nose designed to uncover 64 types of drugs and explosives
Nosing around: Neill Reid, Sciex marketing vice-president, shows off part of his company's Condor device, an electronic nose designed to uncover 64 types of drugs and explosives

Nosing around: Neill Reid, Sciex marketing vice-president, shows off part of his company's Condor device, an electronic nose designed to uncover 64 types of drugs and explosives

Date10/20/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Nosing around: Neill Reid; Sciex marketing vice-president; shows off part of his company's Condor device; an electronic nose designed to uncover 64 types of drugs and explosives.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120194F
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