Subject: What might wood alcohol have been used for at the turn of the century?
Date: Thu Oct 14 08:46:37 1999
Posted by Ken Saggese
Grade level: 7-9
School: Florence M. Gaudineer MS
City: Springfield State/Province: NJ
Country: US
Area of science: Science History
ID: 939905197.Sh
Message:
Students are reading a story "Bargain" in which one of the characters
knowingly puts wood alcohol in a whiskey type keg.The character dies as a
result of not being able to read the label. What uses would there have
been for wood alcohol for it even to be shipped? Thanks!
Re: What might wood alcohol have been used for at the turn of the century?
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