"It is largely because of this similarity of diameter that the elements of the Isthmus can mingle to produce the materials we call alloys. Just as a grocer could, if artistry required, quite easily stack apples and oranges in the same pile but would find it difficult to stack oranges and melons together, so a metallurgist can mingle the atoms of the regions of the Isthmus, mixing chromium, manganese, nickel, or cobalt into iron to form the designer metals of the current age."The Periodic Kingdom by P. W. Atkins, page 128. The Isthmus refers to the central section of the periodic table.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
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"Gozer the Traveler. He will come in one of the pre-chosen forms! During the rectification of the Vuldranii, the Traveler came as a large and moving Torb! Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the Meketrix supplicants, they chose a new form for him — that of a giant Sloar! Many Shubs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Sloar that day, I can tell you!"
-about sums this up-[from S.]
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