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I recall LBSC mentioning Spirits of salts. I saw some in a hardware
shop next to caustic soda and washing soda. I thought it was some long
forgotten term like 'german silver'. What was it used for?

David

Thu Aug 7, 2008 10:32 am

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I recall LBSC mentioning Spirits of salts. I saw some in a hardware shop next to caustic soda and washing soda. I thought it was some long forgotten term like...	david_steam	Aug 7, 2008 10:32 am
hallo David spirits of salts commonly known these days as hydrochloric acid h c 1 that's what we make our pickle baths out of and us builders use it for...	Charles Mortimer g1fak	Aug 7, 2008 11:42 am
If anyone's interested there's a 2 1/2" gauge model of "Caterpillar" on ebay. The item number is : 130245402722 Ian...	Ian Harper ian_dclub	Aug 9, 2008 6:42 pm
That tickled me, 'No reserve'...... its starting at £950! ... of "Caterpillar"...	david_steam	Aug 9, 2008 6:50 pm
From the photos it looks quite a nice loco. Can't tell if it's the proper 3 cylinder version or just a 2 cylinder. Considering the rarity of the Caterpillar...	John Baguley jbaggo	Aug 10, 2008 1:11 am
hallo David-and-john now that's a rare beggar and worth snapping up i was only looking at the drawings last night the original that lbsc built had four...	Charles Mortimer g1fak	Aug 10, 2008 2:42 am
morning every one there is an extra picture the caterpillar the four center wheals require work not necessary but advantage if the flanges are removed lbsc...	Charles Mortimer g1fak	Aug 11, 2008 1:30 am
Seems a lot of dosh for some thing 'sold as seen' on a handful of small photos. No guarantees the wheels go round .... ... From: "david_steam"...	Simon Thomas spt001@...	Aug 11, 2008 12:41 pm

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