Yes, the Cincinnati group. Thanks. I couldn't recall their name. Your memory is better than mine, old Beene.
On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 4:16 PM Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > I have a vague memory of it but not the details. There was a lot of > disinformation about the exploits of the Cincinnati Group. > > Last I heard Keith is still at it and has a new project but that list > folded. > > > > Terry Blanton wrote: > > Wow. Okay, firing up the wayback machine... > > I vaguely recall that Keith Nagel was doing some research along those > lines. Maybe Jones remembers. I think Beene participated in Nagel's > NewCandle list where they did some research along those lines. > > Nicholas Palmer wrote: > > Hi Terry, > > I think it was Chris T or Jed R who pointed me towards Vortex way back > when. While we're reminiscing, I wonder if you might be able to clear up > something? I met Chris at his house not that long before he died and he > showed me something he was working on, which was the ' tile burn' > experiment from the 'Cincinnati group' He showed me a kitchen tile with a > 1cm diameter hole burned right through it and said it was amazing to watch > it 'light up' when only 30 watts or so was used with a secret sauce. I > subsequently found out that the important or only ingredient was zirconium. > I had asked Chris at the time if aluminium powder might be part of the > 'sauce' and he looked angry. I note that powdered zirconium can be used in > old style flash bulbs and pyrotechnics. Do you know if anything came of it? > > Nick Palmer > >
