- I came across Kit Sims Taylor while researching the history of Appletree Cove (the bay around Kingston, Washington). His website, “appletreecovegraphics.com”, came up during a search of the Internet Archive. I checked the website out of curiosity and found the work of photographer. The website went offline in 2012 with his passing, but fortunately the Internet Archive made some captures so that people can forever see his work.
- PICRIC ACID HAZARDS (PDF) (oag.ca.gov)
Every couple months, an article appears in the local paper about a bomb disposal team removing picric acid that was found in a laboratory. The material is usually taken to be blown up. So why is picric acid considered so dangerous? Well, let’s look at the history of the use of Picric Acid and see what can be done to avoid those types of situations.