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
