Wednesday, 7 June 2017

Hidden Beneath a Hockey Rink, a Silent Film Treasure Trove - New Republic


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Hidden Beneath a Hockey Rink, a Silent Film Treasure Trove
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Nitrate film burns. It is chemically the sister of guncotton, the old-fashioned explosive. Nitrate film has been known to spontaneously combust, and it continues to burn even if you submerge it in water. From its invention in 1889 until Kodak's ...
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