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Offline sam

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X-Ray Discovery Sparked 19th-Century DIY Craze
« on: November 18, 2008, 09:51 »
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/11/xrays.html

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Re: X-Ray Discovery Sparked 19th-Century DIY Craze
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2008, 10:42 »
What?  No health and safety warnings?   ;D

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Re: X-Ray Discovery Sparked 19th-Century DIY Craze
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2008, 10:51 »
Talking of health and safety

At the beginning of the 20th century soda siphons using radioactive radon gas were all the rage. Good for the digestion apparently  :o


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