In a message dated 20/03/2006 18:53:18 GMT Standard Time,
kthayer@pacifier.com writes:
I could say more about the rest, but it's too nice a morning to sit
at the computer. I'll just say this is a perfect illustration of
the point I was making: people can make fine gum prints even if they
don't understand anything about the process, or even if what they
think they know about it is wrong, oversimplified, or outdated.
Katherine
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The explanation I gave for the chemistry of gum printing is succinct and
provides a useful basis for those wanting to make gum prints.
Terry
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1. An excellent thing is as rare as it is difficult.(Spinoza)
2. A man's reach should be beyond his grasp or what's a heaven
for.(Browning)
3. Frustra fit per plura quod potest fieri per pauciora.(Occam's razor or
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4. Nullius in Verba (Horace), 'Take no man's word for it' (motto of the
Royal Society).
5. If ignorance is bliss, why are not more people happy ? (anon)
Received on Mon Mar 20 14:32:34 2006
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