LITHIUM, the lightest of all solid elements, was among secretagents which aided the Allies in the war. Mixed with sea water it made a gas which, in small balloons, kept aloft 300ft. copper aerials from the rubber life rafts of aviators forced down at sea. Peace-time uses cover a score of industries. RIGHT: Lithium is sliced with a knife. LEFT: A few granules in Water makes a gas that floats the balloon.
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Chronicle (Levin), 6 April 1946, Page 6
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72LITHIUM, the lightest of all solid elements, was among secret- agents which aided the Allies in the war. Mixed with sea water it made a gas which, in small balloons, kept aloft 300ft. copper aerials from the rubber life rafts of aviators forced down at sea. Peace-time uses cover a score of industries. RIGHT: Lithium is sliced with a knife. LEFT: A few granules in Water makes a gas that floats the balloon. Chronicle (Levin), 6 April 1946, Page 6
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