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511: Early Synthetic Polymers
... in the second half of the nineteenth century, long before we really even knew what a polymer was. The very first came about when a scientist reacted cellulose, in the form of cotton, with nitric acid. The result was cellulose nitrate. Cellulose nitrate, also called gun cotton, turned out to be a powerful explosive. It soon replaced common gunpowder as the explosive charge in the ammunition for rifles and artillery. Cellulose ... but the broken pieces would stay stuck to the cellulose nitrate sheet, instead of flying into the faces of the passengers of the car during an accident. Cellulose Acetate When you react Cellulose with Acetic Acid we get cellulose acetate. This is used as a fiber. This fiber is used to make acetate graduation gowns. As a thermoplastic it is also used for photographic film. Cellulose nitrate was once used, but ...
512: Jerry Garcia and The Grateful Dead
... idea about group LSD experiments and had started a loosely knit gang of artists, called the Merry Pranksters, dedicated to this adventure. This group included several rebels including Garcia's future wife, Carolyn Adams. These Acid Tests became the model for what would shortly become known as the Greatful Dead trip. In the years that followed, the Dead would never really abandon the philosophy of the Acid Tests. Right until the end, the band would encourage the sense of fellowship that came from and fueled the music. Throughout all the public scrutiny it was still the Greatful Dead who became known as ...
513: Drugs And Alcohol
... reality, and loss of interest in family, sports, and friends. (Dragan 197) Hallucinogenic drugs are substances that distort the perception of objective reality. The most well-known hallucinogens include phencyclidine, otherwise know as PCP, lysergic acid diethylamide, commonly known as LSD or acid, and psilocybin, or "magic" mushrooms. Under the influence of hallucinogens, the senses of direction, distance, and time become disoriented. You see sound and hear light. These drugs can produce unpredictable, erratic, and violent behavior in ...
514: Psychodelic Drugs
... to make the tablet. Talc (like talcum power) is used to hold the pill together. Talc does not dissolve in the body or bloodstream, and can clog veins, causing embolisms and strokes. LSD LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) is an extremely powerful hallucinogen-- 100 times as potent as psilocybin and 4000 times as potent as mescaline. LSD or "acid" saw its heyday in the late 1960s and early 1970s but is still used today. It is usually taken orally, in tablets, capsules or on blotter paper. The attraction. The effects of LSD begin within ...
515: Don Quixote
... they are frightened by a loud noise. In the morning they learn that is was harmless and Sancho begins laughing. Quixote is not amuse and smacks Sancho and he quickly shuts up. It starts to rain and Don sees a man with a helmet coming down the road. Thinking he is a rival knight, he attacks. He actually attacks the local barber who has put a basin on his head due to the rain. Quixote takes the basin as his own and wears it proudly. Farther down the road he meets a file of chained criminals on their way to the king s galleys. The guards allow him to ...
516: LSD and PCP Use
LSD and PCP Use Today there is increasing usage of two very powerful, and dangerous drugs in the youth of this Nation. LSD is one of these drugs, this hallucinogen more commonly known as Acid and is one of the longest lasting highs that are out there. LSD was first researched in 1953 when the Central Intelligence Agency thought that the Soviets and Chinese would use LSD to brainwash American ... Some people thought they could fly, and jumped to their deaths. The popularity of the rug in the 60's started research and laws making its use illegal. LSD is the chemical term or lysergic acid diethyl amide. National Institute on Drug Abuse surveys indicate illicit use of LSD has remained relatively constant. Almost 2 percent of high school seniors are current users and 8.7 percent have taken LSD at ...
517: Go Ask Alice 2
... in a park, but one day she goes to a nice church where she gets help. They give her to chance to take a shower and she gets clean clothes. She is allowed to take acid there. They want her to stay for a few day and then to contact her parents. But they don t allow her to take acid Alice gets to know Doris who gets good friend for her. Doris is 14 years old and she has been taken Drugs since she was 10 years old. Her current stepfather started heaving sex with ...
518: Albinism
... have somewhere between 20/70 and 20/200 visual. Ty-Neg albinism or also called type 1A results from a genetic defect in an enzyme called tyrosinase. Tyrosinase helps the body to change the amino acid tyrosine into pigment. An amino acid is a building block of protien. Albinism is passed from parent to their kid through genes. For nearly all types of albinism both parent must carry an albinism gene to have a child with albinism ...
519: Substance Abuse Increasing in Inner-City Minorities
... I tried pot at my friend's party. This is twice as good as beer, I thought. It seemed every new drug I tried I like better then the last one. I started tripping on acid when I get home from school. Then my friend's brother stole a tank of laughing gas. I loved it. Me: Did you ever try cocaine? Molly: I do coke every once and a while. But not half as much as acid, pot and laughing gas. Me: Why not? Molly: Because it costs too much. The reason I do the other drugs so much is that I get them free at frat parties. But you don't ...
520: Hemingway's "In Our Time": Lost Generation
... appear to be searching for something, although they are not all consciously aware of what or where or even why fate has brought them to the place in time they are in. "Cat in the Rain" depicts a so- called happily married couple on some sort of a vacation in Spain, spending a day inside(apparently by the husband's choice) due to the bad weather. The wife seems to be searching for something to fill a void inside of her. She speaks of a cat in the rain- her answer to the void(or so she thinks). She goes down to retrieve it but cannot find it. She tells her disinterested about the event. It is clear that it is indeed her husband ...


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