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"Dan" <B2431@aol.com> wrote in message news:bwZZf.362$iF3.333@dukeread01...
> John T wrote:
> > Thats kinda reminds me how I disposed of some old gunpowder. Dumped it
> > in the outdoor fireplace and touched it off. The flame built up slowly,
> > but it eventually had a flame about 10' high the diameter of the pile of
> > powder. Very impressive, but too expensive to repeat! :)
> >
> > John
> >
>
> That's smokeless powder, try it with black powder :) Here's an
> experiment: put a tablespoonful of black powder in an ash tray. Touch it
> off with a blowtorch held at arm's length. The powder will burn fast
> enough to extinguish the blowtorch.
>
> Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired
I sure hope that you meant demonstration rather than experiment; because I would
be way too scared to try anything like that on an experimental basis.
Peter
BTW, the USAF must have been an entertaining place. :-)
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Re: Hot grass fire at Sun-N-Fun
