FBI Special Agent Richard DesLauriers told a news conference that pieces of nylon had been recovered from the scene, along with fragments of ball bearings and nails that were "possibly contained in a pressure-cooker device".He said they were being sent to the agency's laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, where experts would reconstruct the devices to determine their make-up and components The BBC's Paul Adams, in Boston, says vigils for the victims were held across the city on Tuesday night as Bostonians still wrestled with why anyone would want to attack their much-loved marathon. Associated Press quoted a source close to the investigation as saying that the bombs consisted of explosives placed in 1.6-gallon pressure cookers, one with shards of metal and ball bearings, the other with nails. The bombs were put into black bags and left on the ground, the source said. Our correspondent says it has also been reported that a circuit board and battery pack - parts of a triggering
The casks were opened and the tea dumped overboard The work was quick, thorough, and efficient. By dawn, over 342 casks or 45 tons of tea had been consigned to waters of Boston harbor. Nothing else had been damaged or stolen. Tea washed up on the shores around Boston for weeks. The fourth East India Company ship carrying tea did not arrive with the other three. All fifty- eight tea chests were salvaged and put onto a fishing schooner, which arrived safely in Boston and into Bostonians' teapots. Reaction and influence The tea party caused a crisis. In Britain this act united all parties against the colonies. The British government felt this was an action which could not be unpunished and responded by closing the port of Boston. The Boston Tea Party eventually proved to be one of the many reactions which led to the American Revolutionary War. The Boston Tea Party is known around the world and has been inspirational to other noted activists and reform leaders
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