There are six primary metals that have been historically significant: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, and lead. However, the periodic table contains many more metallic elements, each with unique properties and applications. Metals are broadly categorised into ferrous metals (those containing iron)...
Naturally, the rarer gold pieces must become more valuable as the price of this metal goes up. But, curiously, one of the rarest coins in the world is not made of gold, but of the relatively cheaper silver. In 1840, the United States mint struck 19, 570 silver dollars. That is what...
Many people have belief in the popular saying “Silence is gold”, while most of us have been caught in such weird situations---in an elevator, a waiting room or on an underground---surrounded by people who deeply concentrate on their ...
Bright lights were pointed at the front of the room, reflecting intensely off the silver and gold metallic foils of an exhibit on loan from the Smithsonian called “The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nation’s Millennium General Assembly.” It was an elaborate representation of heavenly glor...
"Knowing Art, I wasn't surprised. He thrives on running sports organizations. That's what he does. He loves these [smaller-]sized markets, and he knows how to do it. He's tremendously successful," Gold said. "I chide him that he's someone caught on the on-ramp of the in...
Stories you’ve heard and told a thousand times before are once again shared, the laughter they bring never lessens, the happiness immune from being dulled. Everybody knows they could move, try another bar, see another area, but nobody does. We feel comfort in each other, the security of...
M: Well, I came out here aiming for the gold. I got third place last time, and it was not the result I had hoped for. W: What happened today? You were looking extremely good at the start. M: I blew it! The car was a bit out of control. W: Some people might have given up...
The founding assumption from the perspective of respiratory toxicology is that airborne particulates are deleterious to human health. This notion is supported by decades of scientific research (see above). However, this does not mean that all particulates are, by default, toxic to humans or any ot...
, so I was a little puzzled-the BTR5 article did not come out of my own hands. First of all, I didn't know what the old BTR5 sounded like, and secondly, I was a deaf man who couldn't hear Hi-Fi equipment. Therefore, I can only focus more on "how does this thing work?" ...
I was just naturally scholastically talented and I always knew the answers. However, I never raised my hand- EXCEPT- from time to time, and especially at the start of a school year, a teacher would be absolutely struggling to get any class participation, and I loved being that person who...