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Health Service before 1948

I was just reading about the NHS on Wiki which says it was founded in 1948. So, it occurred to me - when my mum was born in 1940 did my Gran have to pay for the midwife and to stay in hospital? What...

leigh47

TYPE OF SCREW.

Can anyone tell me the correct name for a type of screw or nut that i could best describe as having a countersunk head but the body is of cylindrical form with an internal (female) thread. Secondly,...

simtay86

New tech power plans

Hey does anybody have plans for - Bio-Generators - Magnetic Motors or Generators - Browns Gas Generators - GEET tech - or any other legitimate ways of making self generating power

badhorsey

The smell of toxic chemicals

I have read that nerve agents such as Tabun or Sarin are described as being "almost odourless" or sometimes having a faint floral odour or an odour of apples. How is the odour of highly...

Mamyalynne

A Very Happy New Year to all XXX

For those feeling lost and alone, know there is always someone here to listen, let us hope the future holds health and happiness for us, and if not the fortitude to bear it and the wisdom to try to...

Sashamx

Just how toxic is mercury?

If I sat in this bath up to my neck how long before death or illness?

theprof

What's ET short for?

Because he's only got little legs.

swedeheart

guinness and eggs - is it true?

I saw some friends the other week and we were talking about nutritional matters. One of them told a story of the kind that is sometimes true and sometimes not-so-true. It was about an old man in Wales...

BertiWooster

Aspirin

There was a recent report about the benefits of taking 75mg of aspirin on a daily basis . However , i beleive that some experts are warning about the danger of taking aspirin - internal bleeding etc ....

bizzylizzy

Recommeded seed varieties also best online stockist

Hi all you gardeners out there. I want to buy my Dad some seed for Christmas as a little stocking filler. I know little about gardens and gardening so I wondered if you could lend a hand. Can any of...

mollykins

sulphric acid on laptop

Someone (not me) managed to spill sulphuric acid onto a teachers laptop. it was mopped up straight away, how ever, when we saw the teacher again, half an hour later, some of the keys had started to...

dizmouk2009

Argon gas under freezing temperatures

Hey all, I can't really find the right subject/category for this question so 'science' it is. I'm using a tig welder using around 5-8 lpm (litres per minute) of argon. Due to the current weather...

notsurewhat

mass spectrometry and nmr help??

Have exams in these and I actually do not understand much. Websites further confuse me and my lecturer doesn't have a clue what hes teaching... I need someone smart to explain these, in simplest form....

notsurewhat

where can I find the nmr spectrum for amphetamine and methamphetamine?

I've been looking and looking on the internet and I really cannot seem to find it.

evedawn

is it possible to change time on a pc?

in other words...i want to send an email that makes it look as though I sent it a few hours earlier. in other words its now 15:30 but i want the email to look like it was sent 12:30.

237SJ

oestrogen responsive cancer

If someone has oestrogen responsive breast cancer and a cell breaks away to settle in another part of the body, would the secondary cancer still be oestrogen responsive?

Khandro

Coded information

The current Wikileaks farrago makes me wonder why so much sensitive information is written in plain text which could be read even by a ten year old. Why isn't more of this stuff kept by goverments in...

studyone

can oxygen free nitrogen be condensed to a liquid

also does oxygen free nitogen rise in pressure with a rise in temperature

Hymie

Trees loosing their leaves

I have recently returned from the USA, driving around Texas and the neighbouring States. They were enjoying slightly warmer than normal temperatures for the time of year, with daytime highs over...