On 2010-12-30, Winston wrote:
DoN. Nichols wrote:

(...)

I remember white cubes which were provided as the fuel for a
kid's model steam engine. I never knew what they were, and no longer
have the steam engine, so it does not matter -- but could something like
semetex have actually been provided with a toy back in the early 1950s?

Enjoy,
DoN.


Esbit?

http://www.esbit.de/index.php?id=79

That could be it. Packaged differently since the early 1950s. :-)

Where I lived at the time I was not able to get more fuel for
the steam engine. I do seem to remember that it was made in Germany,
but that could be wrong.

Thanks,
DoN.

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