Word: acidity
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Some imitations of ancient Chinese bronze castings were found to be of modern casting, and the patina was found to have been artificially created. Modern artisans try to simulate ancient Chinese jade knives and objects by treating soft stones with acid and dirt, to give the appearance of old jade, recently excavated...
...that every band has to know, and that almost every band has to have a "special" arrangement of is "Stardust." Since the palmy days of the late 20's when it was written, this song has defied any attempt to kill its popularity. Carmen Lombardo has whispered it (the acid test), Paul Whiteman concertized it and Benny Goodman swung it--but it still rates as the most requested standard number in any dance band's repertoire. In this day and age when the very best and worst songs are past numbers inside of three months, this is an amazing record...
...P.E.T.N." is the short name for pentaerythritoltetranitrate, an explosive made from formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, nitric acid. It appeared as a laboratory curiosity during World War I, is no more destructive than standard military explosives, but has the great advantage that no glycerin is needed to make it. In Cincinnati it was reported that Germany, which is short of glycerin, is using P.E.T.N., if not for military purposes, at least for industrial uses, and so releases more of the glycerine explosives for use in shells, bombs, torpedoes, mines, depth charges...
...Vitamin C (ascorbic acid): for scurvy, pyorrhea, rheumatic fever, wound healing, hemorrhage, cataract, insomnia, inflammation of bone marrow...
Then a patient died under anesthesia, and Wells turned to selling art reproductions and portable showerbaths. After brooding over his failure for five years, he finally went crazy, was arrested for dashing acid into the face of a streetwalker. In jail he slashed the femoral artery of his leg. After Wells died, nitrous oxide anesthesia was forgotten until...