Touch explosive  

Posted by Jez

In this tutorial you will learn how to make a silly explotion with chemicals.

This is sort of a mild explosive, but it can be quite dangerous in
large quantities. To make touch explosive (such as that found in a
snap-n-pop, but more powerful), use this recipe:

- Mix iodine crystals into ammonia until the iodine crystals will
not dissolve into the ammonia anymore. Pour off the excess ammonia
and dry out the crystals on a baking sheet the same way as you
dried the thermite (in other words, just let it sit overnight!).

- Be careful now because these crystals are now your touch
explosive. Carefully wrap a bunch in paper (I mean carefully!
Friction sets 'em off!) and throw them around.. pretty loud, huh?
They are fun to put on someone's chair. Add a small fish sinker to
them and they can be thrown a long distance (good for crowds,
football games, concerts, etc.) Have fun!


***Education purpose only***

The Adventure of the Golden Prince-Nez  

Posted by Holmes in ,


When I look at the three massive manuscript volumes which

contain our work for the year 1894, I confess that it is very

difficult for me, out of such a wealth of material, to select the

cases which are most interesting in themselves, and at the same

time most conducive to a display of those peculiar powers for

which my friend was famous. As I turn over the pages, I see my

notes upon the repulsive story of the red leech and the terrible

death of Crosby, the banker. Here also I find an account of the

Addleton tragedy, and the singular contents of the ancient British

barrow. The famous Smith-Mortimer succession case comes also

within this period, and so does the tracking and arrest of Huret,

the Boulevard assassin -- an exploit which won for Holmes an

autograph letter of thanks from the French President and the

Order of the Legion of Honour. Each of these would furnish a

narrative, but on the whole I am of opinion that none of them

unites so many singular points of interest as the episode of

Yoxley Old Place, which includes not only the lamentable death

of young Willoughby Smith, but also those subsequent develop-

ments which threw so curious a light upon the causes of the

crime.

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