Jean Pierre Blanchard
Jean Pierre Blanchard , or François Blanchard , 1753-1809, French balloonist. In 1785 he made with Dr. John Jeffries of Boston, Mass., the first crossing by air of the English Channel. His ascents at Philadelphia (1793) and New York City (1796) are thought to be the first in America.
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Bomb squad detonates last of picric acid
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 2/18/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...containers labeled as having contained picric acid, an explosive chemical that is especially...chemical packs a powerful punch. Picric acid in crystal form is highly sensitive...Bronson said. Bronson discovered the picric acid while searching the area with...
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 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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EXPLOSIVE CHEMICAL TAKEN FROM SCHOOL; CHEMISTRY TEACHER DISCOVERS PICRIC ACID DURING ORIENTATION AT FAITH HERITAGE SCHOOL.(Local)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 8/30/2001; 633 words
; ...report alerting the public about picric acid, a potentially explosive substance...brownish-yellow substance. The picric acid had sat undisturbed in the laboratory...it was detonated, Johnson said. Picric acid is a liquid used to polish...
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California Inventor Develops Picric Acid Explosive Compound
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/22/2007; 438 words
; ...Ridgecrest, Calif., has developed a picric acid explosive compound. According to...to an "environmentally friendly picric acid explosive comprising, providing...produce environmentally friendly picric acid explosive. Embodiments of the...
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Patent No. 7,531,702 Issued on May 12, Assigned to U.S. Navy for Picric Acid Explosive Compound (California Inventor)
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 8/4/2009; 374 words
; ...Ridgecrest, Calif., has developed a picric acid explosive compound. The inventor...Office: "An environmentally friendly picric acid explosive comprising, providing...produce environmentally friendly picric acid explosive. Embodiments of the...
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Patent No. 7,557,250 Issued on July 7, Assigned to Department of the Navy for Picric Acid Explosive Compound (California Inventor)
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/8/2009; 378 words
; ...Ridgecrest, Calif., has developed a picric acid explosive compound. The inventor...Office: "An environmentally friendly picric acid explosive comprising, providing...produce environmentally friendly picric acid explosive. Embodiments of the...
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Picric acid spill leads to evacuation in Hayward
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 8/22/2007; ; 375 words
; ...as Hayward firefighters worked to isolate a vial of picric acid that had been spilled at Forensic Analytical on Depot...Bomb Squad was en route to dispose of the chemical. Picric acid is a shock-sensitive explosive and is capable of releasing...
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ACID QUESTION POPS UP AGAIN IN CITY; BOMB SQUAD, FIREFIGHTERS REMOVE JAR THAT SAT IDLE 18 YEARS.(Local)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 8/29/2001; 700+ words
; ...contain potentially explosive picric acid, out of his home, at...newspaper articles about picric acid - a liquid used to...unit, which removed the acid Monday and detonated it...be potentially explosive picric acid from a jar in the...
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 "Arlington Heights Post (IL)")
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Lab acid leak forces Harper evacuation
Newspaper article from: Arlington Heights Post (IL); 11/16/2000; 426 words
; ...to be disposed of and came across 100 grams of picric acid that had dehydrated. Picric acid is explosive in that situation, said Judy Thorson, vice president of administrative services. Picric acid is used in dyes and explosives and is related...
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 "Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)")
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EXPLOSIVE REMOVED FROM STORE DANE COUNTY BOMB SQUAD TAKES A DATED AND EXPLOSIVE ACID FROM A COLUMBUS DRUGSTORE.(LOCAL)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); 4/14/2007; 700 words
; ...removed a container of explosive picric acid from a downtown drugstore. Nick...not volatile in a liquid state, picric acid crystallizes as it ages, becoming...the assistance of a bomb squad. Picric acid has medicinal uses as an ingredient...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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EXPLOSIVE ACID REMOVED FROM HOME
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 10/2/1995; ; 330 words
; ...NJ) 10-02-1995 EXPLOSIVE ACID REMOVED FROM HOME By CHRISTOPHER...there were four jars of dried picric acid in her basement. Crystalline picric acid is highly explosive. The...the woman's home, where the picric acid was removed and detonated...
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picric acid
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
picric acid or 2,4,6-trinitrophenol , C 6 H 2...and is soluble in most organic solvents. Picric acid is a derivative of phenol . It reacts...metals to form metal picrates, which like picric acid itself are highly sensitive explosives...
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picric
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
picric (chem.) p. acid . f. Gr. pikrós bitter + -IC .
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The 1930s: Medicine And Health: People in the News
Book article from: American Decades
...In 1936 the doctors announced their nasal spray of picric acid-sodium alum offered hope of a successful preventive...found that inoculation with a zinc sulphate or with picric acid and alum solution successfully immunized monkeys against...
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Fritzsche, Carl Julius
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...naming crysanilic and anthranilic acids. He found that when anthranilic acid is heated above its melting...investigated uric and purpuric acids; osmium, iridium, vanadium...compounds of hydrocarbons and picric acid; and gray tin. Fritzsche...
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phenol
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...corrosive and poisonous. Phenol is sometimes called carbolic acid, especially when in water solution. It reacts with strong...weed killers, insecticides, and explosives (e.g., picric acid ). It is the simplest member of a class of hydroxy benzene...
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