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the goo that bandaged wounds, captured ghosts, and made early photography reek of ether.
chemistryNitrocellulose dissolved in ether and alcohol.
photo eraPowered wet-plate portraits from the 1850s onward.
deadline pressurePlates had to be exposed while still wet.
first aidSold as liquid skin to seal cuts.
explosive cousinNitrocellulose is the basis of guncotton.