chrisbrunner.com — Back in the late 60's this book was pulled from all public libraries and store shelves by the government. It was said that the experiments and information contained herein were too dangerous for the general public. It currently sells for $690 on Amazon. Great book. This is the only place on the internet I know of to get a copy.
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captainrotundoSep 21, 2006
Wow. I just saw this in Make and it brought back memories. I practically grew up on this book, the copy I had was my fathers when he was a boy. I am going to have to go to my mother's house and see if I can find my copy so my son can use it in a couple of years!
princessangrySep 21, 2006
I still think this is sweet! I love chemistry!
fishbertSep 21, 2006
That link is not a mirror... it's just a cut-n-paste of the download link provided in the article.Mirrors are copies of a site which are made in order to spread out the network traffic load among different servers (or to provide a physically closer download point for people around the globe).
fishbertSep 21, 2006
Or, alternatively, you could read the f**king article... the guy explains the legality of what he's doing.
sullysSep 21, 2006
One of the better parts of the book is the section for Chlorine: Friend or Foe. Hey kids, make sure you work in a well ventilated room. Or outside.Yes this book tells you how to make chlorine gas (Make sure you keep some diluted ammonia around just incase!).
zbeastSep 22, 2006
Nice find.
m4tt3rSep 22, 2006
@fishbert, no it's not just a copy and paste of the link.I uploaded the file to rapidshare, and they're hosting the file for everyone else, not a link back to the original site. Did you even click on the link?In turn, it becomes a "mirror". So that way the original host isn't being pounded with requests.
straxSep 22, 2006
Printed and bound: $9.81 (b&w print) <a class="user" href="http://www.lulu.com/author/item.php?fSubmitContentView=1&fCID=437956">http://www.lulu.com/author/item.php?fSubmitContentView=1&fCID=437956</a>
himselfSep 23, 2006
mirror<a class="user" href="http://rapidshare.de/files/34149158/The-Golden-Book-Of-Chemistry-Experiments.pdf">http://rapidshare.de/files/34149158/The-Golden-Book-Of-Chemistry-Experiments.pdf</a>coralized:<a class="user" href="http://www.foundontheweb.org.nyud.net:8080/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/The-Golden-Book-Of-Chemistry-Experiments.pdf">http://www.foundontheweb.org.nyud.net:8080/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/The-Golden-Book-Of-Chemistry-Experiments.pdf</a>
thorSep 24, 2006
No ones mentioned this one point. Its this expensive only because its a collectors item. So if you find one in the attic and it looks like a peice of crap then you'll get paid accordingly.The book looks familiar. I probably saw it in school.
scienceguy23Jul 10, 2007
I loved the old school pictures and all the chemicals they mention that will probably put you on a watch list these days!They have the PDF here too:<a class="user" href="http://homebrewscience.com">http://homebrewscience.com</a>
tintinteslacoilDec 24, 2007
I can't access the book. How? Also, one Great thing about this country is that Information isn't banned (unless it's spooky CIA frequencies, or something--I know, I had a clearance once--and the Taliban probably knows it all, anyway.) The book must have been Voluntarily pulled. You can get all kinds of info on anarchy, etc, from a public library or gun show. No one will stop you from reading it.
tintinteslacoilDec 24, 2007
Try lindsay.com. He reprints all kinds of old formula books, etc.
tintinteslacoilDec 24, 2007
That's Americium 243. Every try one on a Geiger Counter? It's more dangerous than the smoke!
tintinteslacoilDec 24, 2007
I don't believe tailings were ever used as fertilizer. Chemists know that Uranium itself is a toxic heavy metal like Lead, even if it weren't radioactive (U238 is slightly). It would be like dumping old batteries on your plants, and geting Pb, Cadmium, and other nasties in the harvest.
tintinteslacoilDec 25, 2007
I could not connect to any mirror, torrent, etc. Finally got it thru eBay. This book is no bfd. The only things I see not kosher are lighting magnesium, sniffing fumes, putting thumb directly over test tube, etc. This was probably not selling. I don't believe it was ever "banned" (NOT in the USA--we have no Kristallnachts). Maybe the PTA suggest it be removed--it had to be voluntarily from the publisher. I DO see some interesting 'spearmints in analysis, though; it should have gotten into titration.