Excuse Me Sir, Would You Like to Buy a Kilo of Isopropyl Bromide? [pdf](library.sciencemadness.org)
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Excuse Me Sir, Would You Like to Buy a Kilo of Isopropyl Bromide? [pdf]
https://library.sciencemadness.org/library/books/gergel_isopropyl_bromide.pdf
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Memoir of a man in the industrial chemistry business in the mid-1900's.
Accidental self-poisonings working with minimal safety measures (keeping the window open), etc.
A story from the time before safety mattered.
Accidental self-poisonings working with minimal safety measures (keeping the window open), etc.
A story from the time before safety mattered.
https://www.science.org/blogs/pipeline
and I really enjoyed it.
The same site also has a PDF version of "Ignition!" which is both darn interesting and a lot funnier than a history of the early days of liquid fuel rocket propellants has a right to be.