By popsci Posted 03.07.2006 at 5:52 pm 2 Comments

Xlg_laughing_gas_0Here's a classic how-to from the archives—an article from 1949 on making your own nitrous oxide. Link via Modern Mechanix.

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03/14/06 at 3:34 am

hey, this freakin energy is the easiest to identify. if you had played games for a while you can obviously realize..... its mana.

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03/14/06 at 3:37 am

oh sorry... wrong poster


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