Nate C
macro still life no. 1
These are tiny valves, taken apart, that go into a high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) instrument. The metal cylinders are about 0.75 cm tall, and the red balls, actually synthetic rubies (made to withstand pressures of more than 3000 psi), are probably around 4 mm in diameter. There's something very beautiful to me about precision machined parts, and these--which I acquired from the service guy when he was swapping them out and about to throw them away--are no exception.
macro still life no. 1
These are tiny valves, taken apart, that go into a high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) instrument. The metal cylinders are about 0.75 cm tall, and the red balls, actually synthetic rubies (made to withstand pressures of more than 3000 psi), are probably around 4 mm in diameter. There's something very beautiful to me about precision machined parts, and these--which I acquired from the service guy when he was swapping them out and about to throw them away--are no exception.