Saturday, October 25, 2008

November 5: DEMONSTRATION OF GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THOMAS PAINE'S "SWAMP GAS" DISCOVERY!

Please join us for a demonstration of George Washington and Thomas Paine's 18th Century experimentation with "Swamp Gas"!

DATE: Wednesday, November 5

DEMONSTRATION
TIME: 4:30PM
PLACE: North side of the Route 518 Bridge, at Millstone River crossing


RECEPTION
--ALL ARE WELCOME!
TIME: 5:30 to 6:30PM
PLACE: Delaware & Raritan Canal Park Headquarters, 142 Mapleton Road, Kingston

Rutgers Professor of Applied Microbiology and Rocky Hill resident, Douglas Eveleigh, will demonstrate the fun and exciting experiment conducted by George Washington and Thomas Paine that proved that "swamp gas"--a.k.a. methane or biogas--is flammable!

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