[Artemisia] One Word....Plastics

[Joe Gawron]

    Thank you,   Mr Robinson.  That sounds like very good advice.

   brendan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Padget" <bapadget at yahoo.com>
To: <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 2:32 PM
Subject: [Artemisia] One Word....Plastics


> (Hoping I'm not the only one here old enough to get the reference in the
> subject line...)
>
> Anyway -- On page 9 of the May _Discover_, there's a little article called
> "Leonardo, Godfather of Tupperware."
>
> The director of an Italian museum was looking through some of Leonardo da
> Vinci's notes, and came upon some mysterious recipes.  These recipes were
> for mixtures that Leonardo claimed would harden into a material that would
> make nearly unbreakable knife handles, chessboards, jewelry, cups, and
> vases.
>
> When the director whomped up a batch, the result resembled Bakelite, a
> plastic from the early 20th century, but it was easier to work with.
> _Discover_ states that more information is available at
> www.museoleonardo.it/inglese/start.html
>
> Now *there's* a concept for an Alchemy entry.... :D
>
> Regards,
> Niccolo
> Abbastanza Buon Non E Abbastanza Buono
> bapadget at yahoo.com
>
> Disclaimer -- the article was in _Discover_'s "R&D" section, which often
> features leading edge (even "bleeding edge") research.
>
>
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