On 8/22/2006 at 7:18 PM Roy J. Tellason wrote:
On Tuesday 22 August 2006 06:14 pm, Tony Duell wrote:
Many of the projects would give the Health and
Safety Nazis fits these
days. Asbestos board, anyone?
Indeed. The version I remember from "electric shop" in 7th grade used a
couple of strips of metal which were mounted to about a 6 inch square of
the stuff.
The really old turn-of-the-century books have the kids using sulfuric acid,
mercury, lead and lead salts,...
Sometimes I think we're a bit overprotective.
Cheers,
Chuck