[time-nuts] Conducting Bench Top Material

Didier Juges didier at cox.net
Sun Jan 31 13:19:57 UTC 2010


In France, it is known as "fleur de souffre", which translates litterally to
"flower of sulphur". In French, there is no confusion possible between the
terms flower (fleur) and flour (farine). 

Didier

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On Behalf Of J. Forster
> Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 10:05 PM
> To: Bruce Griffiths
> Cc: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Conducting Bench Top Material
> 
> Among chemists, it's flour of sulpher. Flowers is an 
> (incorrect & archeic) popular name, like quicksilver.
> 
> -John
> 
> ===========
> 
> > It is known (for whatever reason) as flowers of sulphur by 
> gardeners 
> > medical practitioners (althernative and conventional) and others 
> > outside the US.
> > http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/fl/flower+of+sulphur.html
> >
> > http://mysite.du.edu/~jcalvert/phys/sulphur.htm
> > <http://mysite.du.edu/%7Ejcalvert/phys/sulphur.htm>
> >
> > It is a powder produced by sublimation of sulphur.
> >
> > Bruce
> >




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