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Well, I'm sorry, but I took awhile to REMEMBER to put this
gun on the site!!! From what Brian says, I think it was a "liquid carbide" that
you put into this gun. I know, because I did it when I was in high school.
Carbide plus water yields acetylene, which is quite flammable. Any kid could go
down to the hardware store and buy some in a can. Get a pipe, drill a hole in
it, stick it at an angle in the ground, pour some carbide down the pipe, pour
in a little water, stick a tennis ball in the pipe, then light the gas coming
out of the hole. BANG!!! It blows the tennis ball across the yard. Hey...it was
a different day in 1965. Nobody worried about much at all!!! This is a terrific
addition to the site.
Photo thanks to Brian Roeder |
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