RE: Children of the 1970's
June 14, 2015 at 12:21 pm
(This post was last modified: June 14, 2015 at 12:22 pm by abaris.)
(June 14, 2015 at 11:40 am)zebo-the-fat Wrote: The liquid that bubbled in your hand was Dichloromethane I think, a very low boiling point so the heat of your hand would boil it. Also used in those "drinking birds" for the same reason.
Yeah, but what was that gimmick called? It looked like a sandclock and if you closed your palm around it, the liquid bubbled to the upper end. A bit like communicating vessels.
I can't even search for it, since I don't know what to look for.