Faustine wrote: > GLASS-ENCASED CYANIDE CAPSULES > > "...a glass cylinder about one liter in volume which is divided into two > chambers: one containing liquid sulphuric acid, the other a powder of > either > potassium cyanide or sodium cyanide. If broken, the resulting mixture > yields a > very volitile and lightweight yet invisible cloud of hydrogen cyanide gas > (HCN) > which will quickly interfere with his breathing. The odor is almost > imperceptible, but faintly resembles bitter almonds. Within seconds, it > becomes > difficult to hold one's breath or to breathe normally. Within one minute, > respiration stops. Within five minutes, heart failure occurs. > > There is no known way to detect these capsules. The most prudent diggers > insist > on wearing a gas mask with a respirator impregnated with metal salts at > all > times." > I was intrigued enough to track down the source of this. It's at http://figure.8m.com/wwii.htm (click on Hazards of excavation....)
Interesting stuff about supposedly lost Japanese gold in the Phillipines. Reads like a chapter out of the Cryptonomicon. Peter Trei
