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Post by spence on Aug 13, 2021 9:52:18 GMT -7
Brokennock said: "I'm still curious to the mechanism by which heat and tallow works to harden quill or finger nail." Not the actual molecular mechanism of hardening, not about fingernails, but there is an interesting discussion of various methods of hardening quills for making pens in the Townsend series Historical Writing part 1. The appropriate part, tempering, begins at minute 6:00. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3aPOXkzNPkSpence
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Post by brokennock on Aug 13, 2021 17:44:10 GMT -7
Brokennock said: "I'm still curious to the mechanism by which heat and tallow works to harden quill or finger nail." Not the actual molecular mechanism of hardening, not about fingernails, but there is an interesting discussion of various methods of hardening quills for making pens in the Townsend series Historical Writing part 1. The appropriate part, tempering, begins at minute 6:00. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3aPOXkzNPkSpence Thank you muchly Spence. Down the YouTube Rabbit hole I go,,,,, see you fellas in a month or so, lol.
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