(HOW NITRO EXPLODES--NOTE THAT THE BYPRODUCTS ARE NOTHING BUT
NITROGEN, CARBON DIOXIDE, WATER AND OXYGEN)
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NITROGLYCERIN [HERETOFORE NITRO] IS A VERY POWERFUL
HIGH-EXPLOSIVE. I AM NOT SURE WHO INVENTED IT BUT HE PROBABLY
DIDN'T--THE FIRST PERSON TO MAKE IT PROBABLY BLEW HIMSELF UP AND
HIS FREIND GOT THE INFO OFF HIS NOTES. WELL ANYWAY, THE NEXT
BEST THING TO NITRO IS TNT WHICH IS TEN TIMES HARDER TO MAKE BUT
ALSO TEN TIMES SAFER TO MAKE. IF YOU CAN'T USE NSE THEN DON'T
EVEN TRY TO MAKE THIS STUFF--A FEW DROPS CAN PRODUCE DEADLY
RESULTS.
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TO MAKE NITRO:
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MIX 100 PARTS FUMING NITRIC ACID (FOR BEST RESULTS IT SHOULD HAVE
A SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF 50 DEGREES BAUME') WITH 200 PARTS SULPHURIC
ACID. THIS IS GOING TO BE HOT AT FIRST--IT WON'T SPLATTER IF YOU
POUR THE NITRIC INTO THE SULPHURIC BUT DON'T TRY IT THE OTHER WAY
AROUND. THE ACID SOLUTIONS TOGETHER CAN DISOLVE FLESH IN A
MATTER OF SECONDS SO TAKE THE PROPER MEASURES FOR GOD'S SAKE!!!
WHEN COOL, ADD 38 PARTS GLYCERIN AS SLOWLY AS POSSIBLE. LET IT
TRICKLE DOWN THE SIDES OF THE CONTAINER INTO THE ACIDS OR IT
WON'T MIX THOURILY AND THE REACTION COULD GO TO FAST--WHICH
CAUSES ENOUGH HEAD TO IGNITE THE STUFF. STIR WITH A **GLASS**
ROD FOR 15 SECONDS OR SO THE CAREFULLY POUR IT INTO 20 TIMES IT'S
*VOLUME* OF WATER. IT WILL VISIBLY PRECIPITATE IMMEDIATLY.
THERE WILL BE TWICE AS MUCH NITRO AS YOU USED GLYCERIN AND IT IS
EASY TO SEPARATE. MIX IT WITH BAKING SODA AS SOON AS YOU HAVE
SEPARATED IT--THIS HELPS IT NOT TO GO OFF SPONTAINOUSLY.
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NOTES: PARTS ARE BY WEIGHT AND THE BAUME' SCALE OF SPECIFIC
GRAVITY CAN BE FOUND IN MOST CHEM. BOOKS. YOU CAN GET FUMING
NITRIC AND SULFURIC ACIDS WHEREEVER GOOD CHEMICALS OR FERTILIZERS
ARE SOLD. IT IS POSITIVLY *STUPID* TO MAKE MORE THAN 200 GRAMS
OF NITRO AT A TIME. WHEN MIXING THE STUFF WEAR GOGGLYS, GLOVES,
ETC. WHEN I FIRST MADE THE STUFF I HAD THE HONOR OF HAVING IT GO
OFF BY ITSELF (I ADDED TOO MUCH GLYCERINE AT A TIME.) I WAS
ACROSS THE ROOM AT THE TIME, BUT I FELT THE IMPACT--SO DID THE
TABLE IT WAS ON AS WELL AS THE WINDOW IT WAS NEXT TO--THEY WERE
BOTH SMASHED BY ONLY 25 GRAMS IN AN OPEN BOWL. OH, YES, GLYCERINE
YOU CAN GET ANY PHARMACY AND YOU NEED AN ADULT SIGNATURE FOR THE
ACIDES. ANY BUMP CAN MAKE NITRO GO OFF IF YOU DON'T ADD THE
BICARBONATE OF (BAKING) SODA--BUT EVEN WITH THAT, IF IT GETS OLD,
I WOULDN'T PLAY CATCH WITH IT.
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ONCE YOU HAVE MADE THE NITRO AND SATURATED IT WITH BICARB. YOU
CAN MAKE A REALLY PWERFUL EXPLOSIVE THAT WON'T GO OFF BY ITSELF
BY SIMPLY MIXING IT WITH AS MUCH COTTON AS YOU CAN AND THEN
SATURATING THAT WITH MOLTEN PARIFINE--JUST ENOUGH TO MAKE IT
SELED AND HARD. TYPICALLY, USE THE SAME AMOUNTS (BY WEIGHT) OF
EACH NITRO, COTTON AND PARIFINE. THIS, WHEN WRAPPED IN
NEWSPAPER, WAS ONCE KNOWN AS "NORBIN & OHLSSON'S PATENT
DYNAMITE," BUT THAT WAS BACK IN 1896.
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