marzipanandminutiae:
ostropest:
nomeusstuff:
no there’s like a whole story here
because the burn isn’t meant on her. it’s meant on the lamp oil company
R.E. Danforth’s Non-Explosive Burning Fluid came to be notorious in its time, because it apparently had a habit of giving off flammable fumes after the manner of gasoline. people didn’t expect that, because most lamp oil only burned when lit directly. even though they’d grown up with such lamps, all the safety advice they knew was wrong for this stuff...
Published on December 29, 2024 19:33