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JimH

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:41:35 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:22:14 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

I would combine one part water and ten parts of the unknown liquid and
shake vigorously.

If it is mineral spirits the total volume of liquid would increase, if
alcohol, the volume would not exceed ten parts.
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Easier than that.
The mineral spirits would just lay there on top, the alcohol would
dissapear into the water.
Of course isopropanol does have a distinctive smell too.

Compasses were filled with absolute ethyl
alcohol. Whiskey compasses.... you could drink it!
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Would that be Schnapps Whiskey? ;-)