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Chemists think they know what happened on board the Mary Celeste
Mason Wakley, 2026. Chemistry World.
Reports a Channel 5 test by Jack Rowbotham and Frank Mair of the University of Manchester: cold ethanol vapour in a 1:18 model hold would not ignite, but warmed vapour exploded, blew the hatch off and buckled the deck without leaving burn marks.
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The most recent experimental form of the explosion theory.
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Wakley, M. (2026). Chemists think they know what happened on board the Mary Celeste. Chemistry World. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/chemists-think-they-know-what-happened-on-board-the-mary-celeste/4023228.article
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