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Chemistry Documentary
Here is an awesome video about chemistry and the history of science http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/chemistry-volatile-history/
He does experiments with phosphorus, mercury, potassium, etc like they did in the 1800s
Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble
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Professor Al-Kali tossing reactive metals like potassium into water. . .
And you know his brother is the illustrious Professor Al- Kemi!
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The entire program is available as a 700 MB download here _
BBC - Chemistry - A Volatile History
http://www.zshare.net/download/7174055143859870
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Another worthwhile to watch _
- A T O M - Illusion of Reality
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/atom-tim
Also here _
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1406370011028154810...
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mr.crow
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Cool, downloading. BBC makes good stuff
All the great chemists died before their discoveries really took off 
Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble
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Chemistry A Vvolatile History
The three parts of the series , 700 MB each
Discovering the Elements - Pt 1
http://www.zshare.net/download/71440056e1eae21f
Order of the Elements - Pt 2
http://www.zshare.net/download/71820559cbf95d4a
Power of the Elements - Pt 3
http://www.zshare.net/download/7217398762441c7e
Be patient it will take 1 hour & 30 min to download each part
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Watched the whole thing. Pretty awesome.
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