Small amounts of bromine can also be obtained by obtaining a reaction between solid sodium bromide (NaBr) and concentrated sulphuric acid (H2SO4). At first, hydrogen bromine gas (HBr) is formed. The gas is oxidized by sulphuric acid into bromine and sulphur dioxide.
Shawnee Inn, as seen from the banks of the Delaware River, September 2012. Shawnee on Delaware. Shawnee on Delaware is an unincorporated community on the Delaware River, part of Smithfield Township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It is situated just south of the foothills of the Pocono Mountains, 2.6 miles (4.2 km) southwest of the Shawnee Mountain Ski Area and about 75 miles (121 km) west of New York City.
On Feb. 20, 1818, four men from Pennsylvania -- Emanuel Gebhart, Jacob Kercher, Dr. John Treon and Dr. Peter Treon -- offered for sale at public auction 90 lots in a new town by the name of Miamisburg. Situated on the left bank of the Miami River, the plat was divided into square lots containing one-fifth of an acre.