Hi,
On 5-11-2011 2:50, Jed Rothwell wrote:
Here is an interesting comment in the Wikipedia discussion from
someone who claims he or she was present at the Oct. 6 test. Does
anyone know what "kettle stone" means? Deposits from evaporated water?
...
--Kv1970
A couple of remarks:
1: Kettle stone is a fairly blunt translation of the word "ketelsteen",
which is used in the Dutch language in the Netherlands and the
(Northern) Flemish half of Belgium.
Correct word should be limescale.
2: On the observer list was a person with the following name: Koen
Vandenwalle (Production Engineer, Volvo, Ghent Belgium)
3: Ghent is residing in the Flemish part of Belgium.
Ergo ...
B.t.w. I remember that as a child we had a metal kettle for boiling hot
water for a pot of tea in which "ketelsteen" appeared and if I'm not
mistaken a special kind of egg-shaped object resided in this kettle;
this egg-shaped object had a mesh structure with as purpose to collect
all the limescale during the boiling of the water and had regularly to
be cleaned with acetic acid.
Kind regards,
MoB
