Re: LEAD ACETATE ! ! ? ?

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Grocott" <john.grocott403@ntlworld.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 3:37 PM
Subject: LEAD ACETATE ! ! ? ?

> Trevor and Folks,
> Maybe this is getting a bit over
> cautious.
> I recall quite vividly at age twelve being in a class of
> kids when the science master lifted a jar of, what looked
> like sugar, from his desk and held it up for us all to
> see. He said in a loud voice, ''Sugar of Lead. Yes, it
> looks like sugar, doesnt it? One grain of this could kill
> a man. The whole jar could kill an army.''
> I felt that this statement was a bit of an
> exaggeration. And then, only today in fact, I read in my
> trusty Woodbury.....''Lead Acetate ( Sugar of Lead)
> ...with an odour resembling vinegar, and rather a sweetish
> taste.''
>
> Now, fifty eight years later I am wondering whether our
> loud science master was just trying to scare the pants off
> us. Or what ?
> Please stick to coffee and tea..... I think your w/s is
> great.
>
>
> John Grocott - Photographist - London
> SKYPE(video) name CARBONS999
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: trevor cunningham
> To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 7:45 AM
> Subject: Toning the Cyantoype

   I am not a chemical expert. I found a reasonably complete
MSDS at: http://www.jtbaker.com/msds/englishhtml/l2434.htm

   From the LD50 for rats it appears that considerably more
than just a single crystal would be necessary to kill
someone.

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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@ix.netcom.com