BOY INJURED
DANGER OF EXPERIMENTS
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, This Day. Referring to the explosion at Christchurch by which a boy was seriously injured while experimenting, Dr. Inglis, Professor of Chemistry at the Otago University, said: "It simply shows the necessity of warning youngsters of tho danger of experiments." A mixture of chlorate of potash and sugar was a most dangerous one. When the chlorate and sulphur were combined a feather was used for mixing and a drop of sulphuric acid on the chlorate immediately caused an explosion. The chlorate supplied the oxygen and the sugar the burning quality. When the chemical and the sugar were rammed together a loud explosion occurred. The boy had apparently gained some knowledge of the explosive powers of the mixture, but it was impossible to say what he expected would happen. The accident, said Professor Inglis, should be taken as a warning to parents to prevent their children from undertaking dangerous experiments.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 130, 28 November 1929, Page 11
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