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Just finished reading the first Volume of The chemical Formulary, a book which is best described as "What if the Necronomicon were real"
It's got all sorts of recipes from adhesives to cosmetics to explosives to (insanely sketchy) medicine. It also presents everything in a mater of fact way without telling you of all the demons you are possibly creating.
Here's the recipie for cleaning coins for example
Sodium Cyanide 8 ounces
Water 1 Gallon
Apply the above solution with a tampico brush and when tarnish is removed wash with cold clean water then hot water and dry.
Note: this material is Poisonous and care must be taken in handling.
When this book says something is dangerous what they mean is this has a level 4 safety risk in the data sheet cleaning coins just requires enough cyanide to kill 2000 people
In volume 6 they have a Defense against war gasses section on page 535.
The describe Titanium Tetracloride smoke as "harmless", and Zinc Chloride smoke gets the same treatment
Yeah that's right this book is that unhinged.
It's also got great recipes for making Hydrogen Sulfide gas, a chemical that if it reaches 1000 parts per million and you take 1 breathful you die instantly.
This book is both a gold mine and a walking disaster. The funny thing is most of the chemicals used in the recipes are super easy to purchase at your local hardware store or wal-mart. Then you can light your house on fire, give your neighborhood cancer, die of Cyanide poisoning (ok that one is harder), die of hydrogen sulfide poisoning. Some of the stuff is harder to make thankfully but the danger levels of this book rival removing a microwave transformer.
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