The WiZard is In - 5-7-2011 at 10:14
Cribbed from a mailing list.
I bought a military surplus Nomex outfit to replace my old one. We were
going to wash it anyway but my wife suggested I cut a small piece from
an inside seam and do a burn test. It seems the vendor had starched it
or something, the treatment burned nicely. We washed it AND soaked it
in flame retardant before yesterday's hand-fire show, no damage after
hand firing besides a few tiny scorch/smoke marks.
djh
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A promising chemist named Wood,
With research in explosives made good.
A thunderous clap!
Became spots and some fumes in the Hood.
HS Olcott
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry: News Edition
Volume 13, Number 11, 10 June 1935 (p. 256)
In:— CC Gaither, AE Cavazos-Gaither
Chemically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations
Institute of Physics Publishing
2002
unionised - 5-7-2011 at 10:26
"The unfortunate chap" is missing