Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site ulowell.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!wanginst!ulowell!laneg From: laneg@ulowell.UUCP (Dromio) Newsgroups: net.sci Subject: Re: Lemon Peel Phenomenon Message-ID: <266@ulowell.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Mar-86 21:01:14 EST Article-I.D.: ulowell.266 Posted: Thu Mar 27 21:01:14 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Mar-86 06:09:56 EST References: <53000001@gypsy.UUCP> Reply-To: laneg@ulowell.UUCP (Dromio) Organization: University of Lowell Lines: 17 Summary: In article <53000001@gypsy.UUCP> rosen@gypsy.UUCP writes: > > >He then lit a match and proceded to >squeeze the rind at the match. To my surprise, the match flame flared up as >if the rind squeezing was giving off some type of flammable gas. > >---------------- >| Steve Rosen Elementary, my dear Watson! The peel did give off an inflammable gas-well, not a gas, really but a spray of oil. And vegetable oils are well known to be inflammable. Next question! a lesser Power of Darkness