From: Jeff Kwapil (jkwapil@pacbell.net)
Date: 02/20/03-12:15:03 PM Z
190 proof = 95% alcohol
100 proof = 50% alcohol
80 proof = 40% alcohol...
The story I read was that California miners tested
whiskey by mixing with gunpowder.
> 50% whiskey + gunpowder is flammable
< 50% whiskey + gunpoweder is not flammable
So 50% alcohol was " 100 proof"
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