When did this list become a discussion of Chemistry? Is there a time list I can join?
Not that I've never been off topic, or never learned something from an OT discussion, but this brings to mind dead horses and the beating thereof. I'll bet there is a better list for this subject, and that it's just full of shared ignorance. Bill Hawkins -----Original Message----- From: J. Forster Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 10:05 PM To: Bruce Griffiths Cc: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Conducting Bench Top Material Among chemists, it's flour of sulpher. Flowers is an (incorrect & archeic) popular name, like quicksilver. -John =========== > It is known (for whatever reason) as flowers of sulphur by gardeners > medical practitioners (althernative and conventional) and others outside > the US. > http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/fl/flower+of+sulphur.html > > http://mysite.du.edu/~jcalvert/phys/sulphur.htm > <http://mysite.du.edu/%7Ejcalvert/phys/sulphur.htm> > > It is a powder produced by sublimation of sulphur. > > Bruce > > J. Forster wrote: >> It's NOT "flowers" it "flour" of sulphur... as in a fine ground >> powder... >> think wheat flour as is used to bake bread. >> >> -John >> >> =============== >> >> >>> If one is paranoid about mercury spills sprinkling the debris with >>> flowers of sulphur is a good idea especially if one intends to >>> repeatedly break CFLs in the same location. >>> >>> Bruce >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >>> To unsubscribe, go to >>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>> and follow the instructions there. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.