On 20/08/12 14:21, Reentrant wrote:
This thread prompted me to check my "stash" from my schooldays (40+
years ago).



There's also a half-full 500cc jar of iodine crystals (labelled "A N
Beck, Stoke Newington").

I remember them.


There's also some potassium permanganate which ISTR spontaneously
ignites with glycerine (or is it brake fluid?).

glycerine.

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djc