Paper tapes+rubber bands+30 yrs = mess

[Sridhar Ayengar]

bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca wrote:
> dwight elvey wrote:
>>  I know how to make benzene.
>>  Take acetylene and pressurize it to 4 atmospheres and bang, you
>> have benzene. With a catalyst, it can be done more sanely.
>> Dwight
> Bang is more fun... Now how do you make acetylene again...

Take a load of calcium carbide and put it in water.  Top with a gas trap.

Peace...  Sridhar