In France, it is known as "fleur de souffre", which translates litterally to "flower of sulphur". In French, there is no confusion possible between the terms flower (fleur) and flour (farine).
Didier > -----Original Message----- > From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com > [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of 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 > > _______________________________________________ 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.
