Word: thermite
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...thermit fame, the chemical (aluminium powder and oxide of iron) with which he last .month relieved Oil City and Franklin, Pa., of an ice-gorge in the Allegheny River; with which he will experiment at "burning up icebergs" this summer in Greenland (TIME, March...
Berg Burning. At Montreal, Dr. Howard T. Barnes, Physics Professor at McGill University, announced an expedition in June to Greenland to experiment with heat mines on icebergs. After 30 years of ice research, he has concocted a chemical he calls "thermit," nonexplosive, non-inflammable, rendered dangerous only by contact with ice, when it develops intense heat in a few seconds. The plan is to apply "thermit" to Greenland's west coast glaciers, "burn them up" before they break off in the huge chunks so dangerous to Atlantic shipping. Floating bergs will also be attacked, the scientists rowing alongside, planting...