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Author: Subject: Amateur/Home Chemistry: Historical Achievements
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[*] posted on 10-12-2010 at 01:17


Some Russian made a powerful psychotropic in Siberian tundra, using OTC chemicals, in a place where he couldn't even flush a toilet... It was a Herculean task.



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[*] posted on 15-7-2011 at 15:25


Many of you are familiar with the achievements of the Nobel prize winner Robert B Woodward, one of the most famous chemists of the last century. What I recently learned was that as a youth he was quite the home chemist. According to Wiki:

"From a very early age, Woodward was attracted to and engaged in private study of chemistry while he attended the public primary and secondary schools of Quincy, Massachusetts. By the time he entered high school, he had already managed to perform most of the experiments in Ludwig Gattermann's then widely used textbook of experimental organic chemistry."

Alas, today poor Robert would be led away to prison in handcuffs and scorned by his neighbors. Thanks to all those who have made this possible: Terrorists, illicit drug makers, DEA, HS, media prostitutes, and the science illiterate public. :mad:




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[*] posted on 6-9-2018 at 11:00


You shouldnt mention edickson as a chemist.He was a dishonest businessman who cheated Nikola Tesla with 50000$ and even ecectrocuted innocent animals.
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