René Daumal
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René Daumal was a French poet, essayist, novelist, dramatist, literary critic, translator and scholar of Sanskrit and Indian aesthetics. He was a founder of the Phrères Simplistes and one of the princ
House in Boulzicourt, where Daumal was born
Plaque on Daumal's birthplace
Carbon tetrachloride
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Carbon tetrachloride, also known by many other names, is an organic compound with the chemical formula CCl4. It is a volatile, non-flammable, dense, colourless liquid with a chloroform-like sweet odou
René Daumal
…colours and forms without ordinary sight. Some of these experiments were physically dangerous. At sixteen or seventeen, Daumal repeatedly inhaled carbon tetrachloride, a chemical he had used to kill beetles for his insect collection. He later described the resulting loss and return of consciousness as a decisive…
Carbon tetrachloride
Dilute iodine solution in carbon tetrachloride
A brass Pyrene carbon tetrachloride fire extinguisher
A Red Comet brand glass globe ("fire grenade") containing carbon tetrachloride