Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page175 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re not! Not at a watchmaker, not at a pharmacy, not even in the Garrison.\u201d<\/p>\n Fidgeting with ceramic jars, goats\u2019 bladders, and tubes made from wild reeds, the two youngsters succeed in capturing some hydrogen from the reaction between the iron filings and the acid. Attaching a lighted match to the end of a stick, they cautiously put a flame to the opening of the bladder. It gives a distinct pop as the hydrogen burns off instantly. Loud enough to scare a geriatric field mouse, but not particularly impressive according to MaxChaos.<\/p>\n HayWire\u2019s eyes light up like a six year old with a birthday present.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve done it! We\u2019ve made hydrogen! We\u2019re onto something here!\u201d<\/p>\n Standing in the middle of a field, thinking hard, he suddenly exclaims.<\/p>\n \u201cPotassium! There\u2019s potassium feldspar in Cornish granite! And we need a bigger bladder, a pig\u2019s bladder.\u201d<\/p>\n HayWire dances about, pretending to be a jester, waving a stick in the air whilst imagining an inflated pig\u2019s bladder on the end of it.<\/p>\n All the sudden frolicking has set off his nose bleed again. He reaches into his pocket, sits on the ground, and stuffs a hankie up one nostril. He softly shakes his head and thinks \u201cwhy is life such a rollercoaster ride!\u201d<\/p>\n —o—<\/p>\n Opening up the paper and showing it to KristalClear, NutJob asks, \u201chave you seen this new column in The Lancastrian<\/em>? They\u2019re doing horoscopes now!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOoh, show me!\u201d<\/p>\n KristalClear quickly scans the heading and asks, \u201cooh, who\u2019s CelesteEmbrace?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cA pen name I expect!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDo we know who it is in real life?\u201d<\/p>\n Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page175 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n Previous – Book1 Page175 \u2013 Next \u201cWe\u2019re not! Not at a watchmaker, not at a pharmacy, not even in the Garrison.\u201d Fidgeting with ceramic jars, goats\u2019 bladders, and tubes made from wild reeds, the two youngsters succeed in capturing some hydrogen from the reaction between the iron filings and the acid. Attaching a lighted match … Continue reading “Chapter 23 Explosive Developments175”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1617"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1617"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1618,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1617\/revisions\/1618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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