Re: Uranium Nitrate- a few comments

[Judy Seigel <jseigel@panix.com>]

Bob, that was fabulous -- I read every word, I loved every sentence, I 
understood every 4th or 5th sentence.... and now I'm going to go lie down, 
or eat a bar of chocolate.

But....

> Finally I know that "Keepers of Light" says uranium 
> toning is fugitive and color changes will occur with time but none of my 
> uranium toned prints and uranotypes have changed any. Doesn't "Keepers" make 
> a similar statement about cyanotype? Doesn't "Keepers"
> also tell us to coat under a yellow "bug" light.  One more thin, uranium 
> metal is very dense. I have read that the military has been using depleated 
> (lacking U235) uranium to make bullets since it would have greater 
> penetrating power than lead.
You left out the best one. Keepers of Light gives us the.... YES YES YES 
-- the wonderful, essential, silly-ass (please don't put me off the list 
for bad language) GUM PIGMENT RATIO TEST !!!

> OK, That's all folks.
> P.S. I do seem to like toxic and dangerous stuff. Maybe thats why I like 
> women. ;-)
Now, come to think of it, speaking of dangerous women, I've still got my 
mother's uranium glaze on a loft over my bed.... You said about 10 years 
ago, get rid of it... (What are the symptoms of uranium poisoning? 
Memory loss? )

best,


Judy