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- From: khartman@fnalna.fnal.gov
- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
- Subject: Re: Trademark legends
- Date: 31 Dec 92 18:34:56 -0600
- Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab
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- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.183456.1@fnalna.fnal.gov>
- References: <1992Dec24.090824.20013@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> <Geoff.6b4p@equinox.gen.nz>
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- In article <Geoff.6b4p@equinox.gen.nz>, Geoff@equinox.gen.nz (Geoff Mccaughan)
- >writes:
- > Simon E. Booth (sbooth@lonestar.utsa.edu) wrote:
- >>Even stranger, I read on the net (so it must be true!) somewhere a story
- >>alleging that Bayer was in operation before and during WWII, making not
- >>aspirin but such nasty military chemical products as Taubin and Zyklon,
- >>which were nerve gases. No reference to the Bayer company appears in any
- >>accounts of the Nuremburg trials.
- >
- > Zyklon B was simply hydrogen cyanide crystals. Manufactured by I.G. Farben.
- > I have no idea if they have any relationship to Bayer [I have vague memories
- > that there may be a tie-up to BASF, but I wouldn't put money on it].
-
-
- I'm not sure what Zyklon B was (perhaps it was Hydrogen Cyanide),
- but Hydrogen Cyanide is a gas, not crystalline. Potassium and Sodium Cyanides
- are both crystalline.
-
-
- > --
- > Geoff, Sysop Equinox (equinox.gen.nz) +64 (3) 3854406 [4 Lines]
- > Voice: +64 (3) 3852101
- > "Hi. You have just entered the fourth dimension. Small isn't it?"
-
-
- Ken
-