Please donate to help keep TarBoard and All Things Ransome going

Re: Dissolving of gold


[ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Previous # Next ] [ Start New Thread ] [ TarBoard ]

Posted by Peter Hyland on February 20, 2015 at 03:23:57 user Peter_H.

In Reply to: Re: Dissolving of gold posted by Owen Roberts on February 19, 2015 at 16:02:23:

I wonder if Dick had a chemistry set? There is an interesting piece on this on the BBC website, which points out that chemistry sets issued in the 1920s and 1930s sometimes contained our old friend sodium cyanide. They were also known to contain uranium dust, potassium nitrate, lead acetate and sodium hydroxide. I wouldn’t fancy tipping that lot on the flower bed. Maybe that is why Dick and Capn Flint were unfazed about dealing with acids. People then seemed to have had a more robust attitude to chemicals.

Old Chemistry Sets



Follow Ups:



Post a followup (Only if you agree to the Terms and Conditions)

Name:
Email (optional). This will be visible to everyone on TarBoard, and spammers:

Existing subject (please edit appropriately) :

or is it time to start a New Thread?

Comments:

Optional Link URL:
Link Title:
Optional Image URL:

post direct to TarBoard test post first

Before posting it is necessary to be a registered user.


[ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ TarBoard ]