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oldbuzzard · 2015-02-21
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Kevin Dunn's "Caveman Chemistry"[1] is a fun book.
Instructions for tinkerers "for making bronze from metal ores; glass from sand, ashes, and limestone; paper from grass or straw; soap from fat; alcohol from honey; photographs from egg whites; chlorine from salt water and celluloid from cotton."[2] among other things.
[1] http://www.amazon.com/Caveman-Chemistry-Projects-Creation-Pr...
For example, Dunn's book on soap making. Nonetheless, Googled it:
https://www.amazon.com/Scientific-Soapmaking-Chemistry-Cold-...
The lead me to his Caveman Chemistry book on Amazon as well:
https://www.amazon.com/Caveman-Chemistry-Projects-Creation-P...