Military Tech Manuals

[Mike ODELL]

picric acid was the initiator of the blast that sunk the battleship Maine.

it makes a really pretty violet stain when it detonates in small amounts.

      - mo


Sent from my iPad so please excuse the jammy fingers.

> On Nov 14, 2014, at 6:42 PM, Richard O'Neill <richardoneill at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
>> On 11/14/2014 5:33 PM, Phil wrote:
>> You wonder where Al Qaida learned how to make Improvised Explosive Devices? You taught them!
> 
> That's what I like about a free and open press. O:-) Lucky I made it out of my teens in one piece. I remember seeing many such publications advertized in the seventies from Paladin Press. I've never heard of picric acid. What can one do with it besides eat holes in clothing and burn fingers. I had enough of that in chemistry class when working with sulfuric and nitric acid. The real nasty stuff was hydrofluoric acid we used to clean quartz tubing with before sealing 7 & 9 nines pure elements and compound samples in for shipment. I was glad to leave that stuff behind.
> 
> Richard
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