A George Stern, 1545 Falkland Lane, Silver Spring, MD., who in the last three years has developed a formula for a highly volatile fluid which vaporizes so rapidly that flames from the gases released will not burn as demonstrated by the picture. The secret formula's only value, he says, will be to pr
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"A George Stern, 1545 Falkland Lane, Silver Spring, MD., who in the last three years has developed a formula for a highly volatile fluid which vaporizes so rapidly that flames from the gases released will not burn as demonstrated by the picture. The secret formula's only value, he says, will be to pr" (1938). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_George_Stern,_1545_Falkland_Lane,_Silver_Spring,_MD.,_who_in_the_last_three_years_has_developed_a_formula_for_a_highly_volatile_fluid_which_vaporizes_so_rapidly_that_flames_from_the_gases_LCCN2016874321.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 270459.
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