Optical information for the shapes of surfaces is given by the ratio of azimuth to elevation. Flat surfaces such as the ground have a linear to quadratic ratio. Increase the ratio and hills are seen. Decrease it and the surrounds are a bowl. Sudden changes in the ratio indicate changes in...
The first sample listed below (an eleven pound cylinder of tungsten) was one of the first samples I collected that really wowed me and other, and thus encouraged me to look for more elements in earnest. I like tungsten. The commercial uses of tungsten fall into two categories; Those that ...
I have very fond memories of zinc because it's the first metal I melted and cast into many shapes as a wee lad. It's wonderfully suitable for casting because it's fairly non-toxic (certainly less toxic than lead), fairly low melting, and easy to get very cheap in the form of scrap...
The sides of the machines are surely a bit too smooth and spotless. And the objects in the kitchen have shapes that are somehow clipped and simplified. If you didn't know, I'm not sure how long it would take you to work out 鈥Lubbock, Tom...
We now offer this size of cylinder in a range of different metals including lead, bismuth, antimony, sulfur, etc: Check the link for price and availability. I made three variations so he could see some different ways of treating the material. This one was varnished straight as it came out...
How to Build a Jet Engine!: I have wanted to build a functioning, jet turbine engine for quite a long time. To me, there's something awesome about the way in which so many different aspects of a jet engine come together to make a functioning unit, that i
Instead of a cylinder, semiautomatics rely on a clip to load the ammo into the firing chamber. The handle of the gun houses the clip. © iStockphoto.com/Marje Cannon A Beretta Model 96 .40 caliber compact pistol is another example of a semiautomatic handgun. The semiautomatic has repla...
ALIGNit with the body base using the back middle align mark. Then raise it up and move it onto the top of the body. Make the top of the cylinder line up with the top of the body's neck. Bring the head over to the body base. ...
The drawings were, divided in two sets of pictures. The first, as most of the drawings were geometric shapes was called Geometric set and included: cylinder (8X6cm), circle (8cm), heart (8X9cm), cube (8X8cm), star (7.5X8cm), hexagon (7X8cm), lozenge (8X8cm), ...
They reevaluated how people perceive and determined that everything people see is really a series of constantly shifting perspectives. As a result, major leaders in the art world began trying to break down objects into their basic shapes and colors as seen from different angles, reorganizing the...