I am with amych on Bronze (=copper+tin) vs Brass (=copper+zinc). Hey, I didn't study The Bronze Age for nothin'. Also of interest: [link] which shows tensile strength and hardness of various copper alloys.
Home schooling? You know, it's not just for scary religious people anymore.
Buffy ,'Beneath You'
Natter 57 Varieties
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
flea - Mar 12, 2008 8:52:35 am PDT #4534 of 10001
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Miracleman - Mar 12, 2008 8:53:01 am PDT #4535 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Bronze it is.
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Beverly - Mar 12, 2008 8:53:25 am PDT #4536 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I repeat, amych knows whereof she speaks--I retract my brass and throw my opinion behind her bronze.
Emily - Mar 12, 2008 8:56:14 am PDT #4537 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Dude, I JUST taught a lesson on metallurgy, including talk about the Bronze Age. Of course, I know nothing about brass, but I do know that bronze started an age because it was more useful than copper or tin by their lonesomes.
Steph L. - Mar 12, 2008 8:57:21 am PDT #4538 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
throw my opinion behind her bronze.
I'd like to get behind amych's bronze, too....
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Beverly - Mar 12, 2008 8:57:49 am PDT #4539 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
msbelle! Overzealous healthy!coworker clearly has no appreciation for moderation in all things.
Sox, were it possible, I would print text for you. Correcting onscreen is Less Fun.
New Zealand's national museum, Te Papa Tongarewa,
While the dolphin story was heartening (Hey! They're not all abductors and rapists, they don't all torture and kill juvenile members of their own species! They're not necessarily Just Like Us!), I now have to go live in a place where random names of things are so melodic.
tommyrot - Mar 12, 2008 8:58:20 am PDT #4540 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
But brass has the advantage that you can make French horns out of it....
Susan W. - Mar 12, 2008 8:58:55 am PDT #4541 of 10001
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One of my characters is going to carry this sword, and if the book sells I'm buying it to celebrate: [link] I still need to pick a sword for my other hero--his probably needs to be a little more fancy/distinctive.
![[link]](http://www.militaryheritage.com/images/fsword1.jpg){kind=link}
Those of you who've been around awhile might remember my DH's head exploding over my intent to buy a working replica Baker rifle if my last book had sold. He's relieved at the idea of me being sword-toting rather than gun-toting. But I still want my Baker rifle, eventually...
Fred Pete - Mar 12, 2008 9:02:20 am PDT #4542 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
But brass has the advantage that you can make French horns out of it....
Not to mention the optimist's credo: I zinc I can, I zinc I can.
Emily - Mar 12, 2008 9:09:35 am PDT #4543 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
But see bronze has the advantage that you make it out of metals which are found free in nature, which, it turns out, is pretty rare for metals, and you know why? Do ya? Do ya?
Er, sorry. I get excited about new stuff.