From: pjb@ny.ubs.com (Paul J. Bell)
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 01:29:20 +0800
To: umwalber@cc.UManitoba.CA
Subject: Re: Bombs & bomb threats in LA
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"picric acid is indeed more powerful than TNT.  it was the primary explosive
used in WW-I. it was also the primary cargo on a ship, i think it was the
"Montblac", that exploded in Halifax harbor and nearly wiped-out the city. this
was in the 1917 - 1919 timeframe.

	-paul


> From cypherpunks-errors@toad.com Fri Aug  2 19:04:53 1996
> Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 13:12:30 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Sean Walberg <umwalber@cc.UManitoba.CA>
> To: Conrad Walton <conrad@walton.com>
> Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
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> I remember seeing an item on TV that had mentioned an acid bomb (it was a
> news report about a public access TV show that was showing people how to 
> make bombs).  In this example, some common chemicals were mixed together, 
> tightly closed, and moments later an explosion occured.  They never said 
> the chemicals, for all I know it could have been lemon juice and baking 
> soda in a sealed container, a la Dry Ice bomb...  It didn't look like a 
> bomb of mass destruction, more of a loud bang and a smallish explosion...
> 
> Sean
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2 Aug 1996, Conrad Walton wrote:
> 
> > >and everyplace else all the news.answers FAQs are stored. What, precisely, is
> > >an acid bomb? Also note the standard blame-the-Internet (not, say, increased
> > >irritation with government after the Republicans failed to reduce it) 
> > >rhetoric.
> > 
> > i'm not exactly sure what an acid bomb is, but according to my book, The 
> > Anarchist Cookbook, that I bought in 1972 (was the internet around back 
> > then?), there is a compound called "picric acid" that is "more powerful 
> > than TNT, but has some disadvantages". 
> 
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