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Iodine bottle.
In Victorian times, when chemicals started being sold in quantity to the populace, it was common practice to have bottles made with some sort of tactile warning of the poisonous contents to help people with sight difficulties. Typically the bottles would have ridges or an embossed hatch on the glass.
The practice is far less common now with the advent of plastic safety containers and a wider (though declining) Braille literacy. Currently in the UK, for example, all medicines have their names embossed on the packaging using Braille.
For the Macro Mondays Poisonous theme this I thought it would be fun to concentrate on this unseen bottle language.
This image is of a Tincture of Iodine bottle purchased from Boots Chemists of Nottingham in the 1960s. The bottle, sadly, is almost empty. It’s difficult to buy Iodine in its yellow form these days because of its propensity to stain things.
Iodine is used externally as an antiseptic (rather like Mercurochrome in the States when I was a kid - can you still get that I wonder?). Being a halogen, it is a strong oxidant. Iodine is also essential for the body (it is stored in the Thyroid glands) but when ingested in any quantity it is toxic.
I particularly wanted to show the wonderful dense brown colour of the chemical along with the ridges on the glass sides of the bottle. The image shows about an inch of the bottle.
Iodine is useful when you apply it to an injury caused by splinters. The wood absorbs the colour easily so you can see them readily.
It also looks great when applied to a damaged finger. The finger is stained a rich yellow/brown and looks as if it has already died a decidedly horrible death. This is is sure to elicit sympathy well in excess of the needs of the injury… well that’s my theory anyway.
Thank you for taking time to look. I hope you enjoy the image.
[Handheld in bright sunlight. Basic processing in LR. A bit of fluff removal in Affinity Photo along with enriching the colour; a slight dark vignette and crop to strengthen the composition; bold sharpening in Topaz Detail to emphasize the bits in the liquid and the ridge texture.]
Northwich (8E) depot's 1942 vintage Ex LMS Stanier 8F 2-8-0 48151 entering York Station from Holgate loop and about to stop on Platform 5 to pick up the passengers booked on the trip to the coast.
It was a pretty cold and gloomy late August day, as evidenced by the majority of visitors to Scarborough wearing coats and the bright halogen lamp on the bottom iron.
The digital clock shows the LMS loco was late entering the station at 11:58:59 that day; less than 5 minutes earlier there was an unusual situation whereby two separate TransPennine expresses were berthed on that platform.
A HST stands on Platform 3 awaiting the signal to continue its passage to London Kings Cross.
Taken on set for George's youtube channel.
Using a budget lighting rig (a 1200w halogen heater).
Video to be released shortly on youtube; www.youtube.com/channel/UCt9gyfsi_YKrul1uDg0xRGQ
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This is the bottom of a small halogen light bulb. The main part is the two connectors. It's taken with my Nikon Z6ii with a Nikkor 105mm macro lens and 1.4x teleconverter.
Highlights are from and LED video-light.
Eddie Bauer white straight jeans, ANA forest green lace up top, Halogen long black cardi Steve Madden black wedgie sandals.
Me jumping on the over-exposed bandwagon! I love this series, I just started experimenting with interesting studio lighting and I'm so happy with the results!
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Com a part pel meu intent per a poder projectar pel·licules de 8mm (no super-8, que és un tipus posterior), així com revelar-les en positiu directament jo mateix, vaig buscar un projector adequat. Del meu pare he trobat un projector de Super-8, que a sobre no va bé. Per tant, vaig buscar per internet.
Finalment em vaig decidir pels projectors Eumig P8, que semblen molt barats i facils de trobar. El model basic es fabricà entre 1954 i 1963. Però em vaig trobar amb que no sembla funcionar el conctacte electric amb la làmpada, que a més només pot ser d'un model especific descatalogat i molt car i dificil de trobar. Però vaig descobrir que Eumig posteriorment va modernitzar el P8 al model P8 Automatic Novo (1964) amb diverses millores, sobretot canviant les làmpades a les encara actuals halogenes.
Vaig anar al Penedès a buscar aquest projector, però em vaig trobar que només funcionava el motor/ventilador; ni es movien els engranatges de projecció ni funcionava la làmpada. Amb tot, el vaig portar a casa. Vaig poder identificar els problemes principals: la làmpada estava trencada i la corretja de transmissió completament desintegrada (és de goma). Per sort la làmpada és halogena i en vaig comprar una el mateix dia per pocs euros. La corretja per sort encara es troba online i la vaig comprar a la web holandesa especialitzada Van Eck. Ara el projector ja es movia i feia llum. Però en carregar pel·licula, aquesta refusava anar endavant o fins i tot, tirava enrera.
Hi havia algun problema amb la "urpa" que fa avançar fotograma a fotograma la pel·licula, pel que va ser necessari desmontar el mecanisme... sense manual d'instruccions ni tansols algú que ho expliqués online. Per sort no hi havia peces extremadament petites a perdre, o parts trencades. Com em pensava, tot el mecanisme estava ple de lubricant transformat en una barreja de porqueria i goma, embussant-ho tot. Un cop net amb kleenex, palets i alcohol isopropilic, el sistema funciona de maravella.
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As part of my attempt to be able to project 8mm films (not super-8, which is a later type), as well as develop them to positive directly myself, I searched for a suitable projector. I found a Super-8 projector from my father, and not in working condition. So, I searched the internet.
I finally settled on the Eumig P8 projectors, which seem very cheap and easy to find. The basic model was manufactured between 1954 and 1963. But I found that the electrical contact with the lamp does not seem to work, which can also only be from a specific discontinued model that is very expensive and difficult to find. But I discovered that Eumig later modernized the P8 into the P8 Automatic Novo (1964) model, with several improvements, notably changing the lamps to the still currently sold halogen type.
I went to visit the seller, to look for this projector, but I found that only the electric motor/fan worked; neither the projection gears moved nor the lamp worked. Still, I took it home. I was able to identify the main problems: the lamp was broken and the drive belt completely disintegrated (it's rubber). Luckily the lamp is halogen and I bought one the same day for a few euros. The belt is luckily still found online and I bought it from the Dutch specialist website VanEck.
Now the projector was already moving and projecting light. But when loading film, it refused to go forward or even pulled back.
There was some problem with the claw that advances the film frame by frame, so it was necessary to disassemble the mechanism... without an instruction manual or even someone to explain it online. Luckily there were no extremely small pieces to lose, or broken parts. As I thought, the whole mechanism was full of lube turned into a mixture of filth and goo, clogging everything up. Once cleaned with kleenex and isopropyl alcohol, the system works wonderfully.
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This Lighthouse was opened by Mr G O H Giles MP, Member for Wakefield on behalf of the Minister for Transport the Hon R J D Hunt MP, 29 September 1980. It has been an active unmanned light since that day.
The area is known for the treacherous Troubridge Shoal and nearby Marion Reef which by 1911 had claimed nineteen ships and a great loss of life.
It was built after a decision to downgrade the lighthouse on Troubridge Island to a low-powered automatic operation. The Troubridge Island light is now decommissioned.
Special wedge shaped clay bricks were custom made to build this unusual and unique conical lighthouse with balcony and lantern, it has never been rendered or painted. It is a distinct land mark on the peninsula.
It is designed to be resistant to high winds and earthquakes: in the twentieth century the area experienced numerous earthquakes.
Measuring 32 metres high, Troubridge Hill Lighthouse has a light range of 22 nautical miles and operates off mains electricity with a backup diesel alternator.
The brickwork construction system was innovative and earned an award from the South Australian Brick Association for an outstanding application of clay brickwork.
As it was intended for automatic operation the tower has no windows: it opened 1980 with the following technical details : -
Light source: Tungsten Halogen lamp arrays on revolving pedestal [due to high maintenance cost, these have been replaced with a more traditional rotating lens and electric lantern].
Power source: Mains supply with standby of diesel alternator and batteries
Character: 2 flashes every 15 seconds
Intensity: 257,000 candela
Range: 22 nautical miles
Tower height: 32 metres
Elevation: 62 metres above sea level.
* Current Optic: Vega VRB25.
This Milkyway Galaxy picture was shot when the halogen lights were turned on and there was some fog in the air. This created a beautiful lens flare and the light painting of the halogen bulb made the place colorful. I should say it's a painting done by the nature her self.
Happy Macro Monday!! For the challenge ENERGY (July 28th 2014)
it was too hot to use my makeshift kitchen studio this week - a heatwave took us to 106F in the sunshine at its height! So I had to find another way to approach the challenge!
These small halogen light bulbs measure about 3cm across. I use them in my bedside reading lamps. I shot this in complete dark, with just one tiny blue LED (5mm) as the battery-powered light source. ;o)
Shot with the Sony NEX-6 using the E30mm F3.5 macro lens.
My 2014 Macro Mondays set: 2014 Macro Mondays
Ventrally on the chelicerae are the fangs, these hollow hypodermic needle-like structures are what delivers the venom into prey or attackers. Shown here is the tip of a tarantula fang, including the single opening of the venom canal on the dorsal side around 700µm from the tip away. You can see the full chelicerae @2,9x here: flic.kr/p/T3Fyaf, or on the anatomy poster linked below. As with hypodermic needles, scorpions and venomous snakes the venom canal never ends at the tip itself, but shortly before it. This prevents the venom canal from getting clogged and is mechanically more stable.
Those multi-use injection needles must be sufficiently tough to withstand the initial impact of a rapid attack, while at the same time they need to be hard and stiff to be able to break the prey’s protective cuticle. Shortly after the molt, they are white and vulnerable, tarantulas can’t use them to eat or perform other tasks, it takes a couple days to harden the fangs. A juvenile Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens (Strand, 1907) after the molt: flic.kr/p/D5CEXT
So what makes them strong enough to brake insect cuticle, which is essentially the same material? The spider takes advantage of a wide range of the available chemical and structural modifications in its cheliceral fangs. One of the secrets are the metals. The tarsal claws, chelicerae, stings and other tools of arthropods contain extraordinary amounts of heavy metals (e.g., zinc, manganese, copper) and halogens like bromine and chlorine. Those Metal–halogen biomaterials are widely distributed, especially among arthropods. The functions of the enriched structures suggest that metal–halogen biomaterials enhance mechanical properties. It is likely that they affect the behavior and ecology of the large fraction of arthropods in which they are found (Schofield, 2005). For example, leaf cutter ants may delay leaf cutting until zinc has hardened their mandibles (Schofield et al. 2002). The same effect may apply to tarantula fangs, as shown above. Other secrets of the strength are the chitin and its structure, the proteins and the water content (Politi et. al. 2012).
Technical info: 0.1 Acanthoscurria geniculata fang (chelicerae) - Sony Alpha 7RII + Cognisys StackShot + Nikon 10x MRL00102 @ ~10x Stacked from 156 images (8 µm steps), Helicon A + B. Ikea Jansjö, foam cup DIY diffuser + reflector, 9500px*5300.
50 Megapixel. Anatomy Poster: flic.kr/p/MBZTqH
Robert M. S. Schofield; Metal–Halogen Biomaterials. Am Entomol 2005; 51 (1): 45-47. doi: 10.1093/ae/51.1.45
Schofield, R. M. S., M. H. Nesson, and K. A.Richardson. 2002. Tooth hardness increases with zinc-content in mandibles of young adult leaf-cutter ants. Naturwissenschaften 89: 579–583.
Politi, Yael, et al. "A spider's fang: How to design an injection needle using chitin‐based composite material." Advanced Functional Materials 22.12 (2012): 2519-2528.
Halogen soil brown faux patent alligator slong sleeve top, Hanes hose, Steve Madden alhift dress, Cream mond knee high block heel boots
One of the exhibits currently at the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art is Liminal Space by Anila Quayyum Agha. As you can see, this work throws shadows in all directions and one walks within the work. The artist’s status as a woman in Pakistan kept her secluded from certain places, and then as an immigrant in the U.S., she was sometimes made to feel like an outsider. These occurrences prompted her to create sculptures that are intended to be spaces where all feel welcome and invited into.
“That’s where this idea of ‘All the Flowers’ came from,” she says. “It’s the continuation of me exploring this concept of creating spiritual, yet safe spaces that do not say ‘no’ to anybody.”
Anila Quayyum Agha (°1965), Shimmering Mirage (2019), laser-cut lacquered steel and halogen bulb
19cm x 28cm / 7 1/2" x 11" / watercolor on paper / 2009
*sold*
July 10th - July 29th
"The Good"
Group Show @ Halogen Gallery, Seattle, WA
... still working on the botanical renderings thing. I came inside for this one... using the halogen spots that illuminate my fireplace mantel and a 24" gold reflector as a back drop. Used a 50mm 1.4 prime... bare instead of using a diopter lens attached to a 18-200mm lens as with the previous images in my series.
"LIFE IN ART...ART IN LIFE" ~ Scott
Looks best on a dark background (hit L)
I've still not got the X100 nailed yet, and as such haven't had many good photos.
This isn't perfect, but it's close enough for me to like it. I'm shooting in B&W a lot lately, but it's useful when there's never any daylight!
Tell me what you think.
Flickr Explore - 29th December 2012 Thank you to everyone who has viewed, commented, shared and favourite this photo, it really means a lot!
'64 Mercedes SL 230 I spotted in the parking garage a few weeks back.
Explored #40 on April 17, 2011.
Seven dimmed halogen vanity bulbs lit the shot @ ~F4. Zeiss 50mm. ISO 250 for exposure.
I really enjoy how dimmed halogen light feels on daylight film; I think it's a little more rich and golden.
A failed Halogen Bulb from an overhead light fitting. The failure of the element is easily visible.
This type of bulb is being phased out beig replaced by more economical and longer lasting LED Lamps.
The glass envelope is approx 20 mm long
Home Made Fluorescent Light "No Ballast", the wiring mains in black wire to Tesco 220-240v 42watt halogen BC bulb to F14 T5 GE fluorescent tube to neutral return. Other wire both ends of 1 fluorescent tube to a starter FS-U 4-65w single 220-240v.
Repeat for 2nd lamp. 3 amp fuse fitted.
There is no ballast, both halogen bulbs stop the fluorescent tubes from overloading. This Lamp is For Demonstration Only.
YouTube Video www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZvM15EwWac
If you're not confident working with electricity then please STOP here.
You take full responsibility for your own actions if you follow any of these steps and are fully aware of the risks.
What you'll need:
1. 45/ 50W 5400k CFL bulbs, ideally with a CRI > 90 (954).
2. ES (E27) lampholder
3. A few tools: drill with HSS bit, hacksaw blade and file, screwdriver, electrical cable, heat shrink, scissors.
The steps:
1. The halogen site light, lampholder and CFL bulb are shown in photo ONE.
2. Undo the external retaining screw, remove the glass from the door, the inner relfective shield and the halogen lampholder, as shown in photo TWO.
3. Flip the light over, undo the screws in the electrical box, loosen the screws and remove the cables to the halogen bulb lampholder, as shown in photo THREE.
4. If you're lucky your site light will be long enough to fit a CFL bulb and E27 lampholder inside the body of the light. Unfortunately mine was too small so I've had to resort to mounting the E27 lampholder externally.
Mark the position of the new lampholder on the side of the light (it makes the wiring easier if you do this on the same end of the lamp where the cables were removed from the junction box).
Be careful to not cut the hole to high as the slope of the side will mean the bulb will hit the glass in the door (if you keep the glass), as shown in photo FIVE (oops, that should have been labelled FOUR).
5. Now either drill lots of holes and use a hacksaw blade to cut out the hole, or use a jigsaw with an HSS blade. File the sides smooth with a metal file, as shown in photo FOUR.
6. Cut a length of electrical cable long enough to reach from the electrical junction box to the end of the new lampholder. Wire it into the electrical junction box into the connectors you removed the halogen lampholder cables from, and the other end to the E27 lampholder. Photo SIX.
7. Screw in a bulb and test it all works OK. Make sure the wiring is connected correctly and safely. Once you're happy it works undo the lampholder screws and put sufficient heatshrink on the cable to cover the lampholder and the cables that go into it (I used a combination of 50mm, 25mm and 10mm heatshrink). Reconnect the cable to the lampholder, position the heatshrink and shrink to fit with a heat gun.
Photo SEVEN.
8. Now cut a larger hole in the bulb end of the reflector and fit it into the light (I added some aluminium foil behind it as there are a few extra holes in it.
For safety I recommend using a rubber grommet on the new hole to prevent the metal thread on the bulb touching the body of the light. Depending on the E27 lampholder and the thickness of the grommet it is possible that the bulb may not screw fully into the lampholder and therefore not work. You'll have to judge this depending on the components that you have.
I didn't a grommet so used some electrical insulating tape on the edges of the new hole and also at the top of the thread on the CFL bulb.
Carefully screw the CFL bulb into the E27 lampholder until it is secure- mine is a pinch fit (you can see the black heatshrink on the lampholder). If it doesn't work when you test it tighten it up a bit more but be careful not to break the bulb. Photo EIGHT. There's no need to put the grille back on although I have in my photo.
A few comments:
Although the photo shows the two lights mounted horizontally I plan to mount them vertically - two high and two low. 50W CFL is about 250W in old money so this should give me up to 1000W per side (probably less as I'm not sure how true the equivalent wattage is).
Depending on how they work I'll also be adding some barndoors to them. Hopefully this will follow in part 2. I also need to sort out the seal between the door and the body as I have a bit of gap as the lampholder is a bit high so the top edge of the end of the bulb is close to the glass in the door. If the worst comes to the worst I'll put gaffer tape over the gap. Remember that the light won't be weather-proof any more unless you're careful to seal all the gaps, especially around the lampholder.
I'll be adding this to my blog with individal photos but for the present the write-up will be the same as this one.
Comments and suggestions welcome.
Remember: safefty first. If you're not confident DON'T do it.
p.s. My variable power Vivitar flash mod is here
p.p.s. and now as seen on www.diyphotography.net/cold-halogen-lights :) (16.03.09)
UPDATE: 10th October 2010
I'm working on a much easier twin bulb version. I'll post photos soon.
Iodine solution in heptane, with a layer of water that has some iodine dissolved in it as well.The purple color is the iodine in heptane, the yellowish color is iodine in water.
I had a fantastic halogen desk lamp in college that was great, except that, being halogen, it was very hot. I've wanted a small desk lamp since then, but never put much effort into the search, because I didn't want my face melted off.
However we're now squarely in the LED era, and LED technology has matured quite well.
This little OttLite is pretty great. It's lightweight, the base is about 6 in. x 6 in., and it's about 14 in. high here. The neck is fully adjustable, and since it's LED, there's very little heat. The light is listed as 5000 K, with a max output of 540 lumens, and has three settings. The switch is one of those nifty tap switches, and the plug can separate from the base for easier moving.
At $35, it seems a little expensive, but it has a fantastic combination of features. I'm sure if I were to really scour all the relevant retail outlets, I could find something cheaper and maybe even better, but I was in Hobby Lobby already for a wreath and just decided to pick it up.
This thing is perfect for me because a brighter light makes it easier for me to distinguish some of these brick colors from each other (I'm looking at you, red-brown and dark red).
A burnt, halogen, car headlight bulb on a water surface. The colours in the light bulb are actually real and have been created by the cracked glass and the dissolved glow wire. I liked the shiny, dark red and dipped it (quite literally) into some nice light. Single exposure (including the 'rain') and three light sources (not counting the bulb in the frame) :-)
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Only incandescent and halogen bulbs used by me. Not buying into that LED bullshit--not gunna spend $30 on a "led dimmer" and $10 on a bulb for a $2 saving
FROM THE SERIES CIRCLES AND LIGHTS.
Fiber optic lighting systems transmit beams of light from a single, centralized halogen or metal halide lamp through glass or plastic fibers.
The densely packed bundles of fibers are twisted and drawn through an outer jacket to dramatically increase the amount of light that reaches the outlets.
They still fascinate me but I am less fond of those that change colours, I prefer mono, so I have these white and the one blue… so far…
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FOV: 5" wide.
Leftovers melted together.
Shown under UVc light.
Key:
WL = White light (halogen + LED)
FL = Fluoresces
PHOS = Phosphorescent
BL = 450nm,
UVa = 368nm (LW), UVb = 311nm (MW), UVc = 254nm (SW)
'>' = "stimulated by:", '!' = "bright", '~' = "dim"
"Gremlin"
18Sep2015
Series best viewed in Light Box mode using Right and Left arrows to navigate.
Photostream best viewed in Slideshow or Lightbox mode (in the dark).
18 Watt Triple Output UV lamp from Polman Minerals - Way Too Cool UV lamps
FOV: 5" wide.
Frozen melted salt containing home made phosphors; Baloneystonite with Jackobluelite2 on base of NaCl + Al2(SO4)3.
Shown under UVb light.
Key:
WL = White light (halogen + LED)
FL = Fluoresces
PHOS = Phosphorescent
BL = 450nm,
UVa = 368nm (LW), UVb = 311nm (MW), UVc = 254nm (SW)
'>' = "stimulated by:", '!' = "bright", '~' = "dim"
"Baloneystone Mountain"
28Sep2015
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Photostream best viewed in Slideshow or Lightbox mode (in the dark).
18 Watt Triple Output UV lamp from Polman Minerals - Way Too Cool UV lamps
- This is a macro of the centre tungsten filament of a 12V G4 halogen lamp bulb that has gone dark. Looks I found the problem. The filament coil is roughly 1 mm wide so the filament itself must be around 0.1 mm thick.
hearts′ empath ♥ brick-red ♥ brecciated jasper (aka poppy jasper) puffed in the shape of a heart-symbol was 'empathed', i.e. overdubbed & admixed with a 2nd tricolor broken - heart - festoon by means of the scanning process.
The object was scanned in the middle of the night with all lights switched off - nevertheless the 'empath' of the halogen - scanner - light glitched an interesting (but somehow embarassing) oranje-wit-blauw halo (aka the prince's flag in the Netherlands) festoon onto the grinded surface.
Obviously the macroscopic, black hematite-Schlieren became admixtures to the igneous extrusive jasper during the sublimation-process of the lava.
The Tricolour of The Netherlands is the oldest tricolour, first appearing in 1572 as the Prince's Flag in orange–white–blue. Soon the more famous red–white–blue began appearing — it is however unknown why, though many stories are known. After 1630 the red–white–blue was the most commonly seen flag. The Dutch Tricolour has inspired many flags but most notably those of Russia, India, New York City, and France, which spread the tricolour concept even further. The Flag of the Netherlands is also the only flag in the world that is adapted for some uses, when the occasion has a connection to the royal house of the Netherlands an orange ribbon is added.(wikipedia).
JASPER as a TRIGONAL crystal-system
► MINERAL Ein Mineral ist ein Element oder eine chemische Verbindung welche normal kristallin ist und welche als Resultat eines geologischen Prozesses gebildet wurde.
JASPIS als eine Varietät von Chalcedon (Varietät des Mineral Quarz [SiO2 = silicon dioxide, trigonales Kristallsystem in rhomboedrischer Aufstellung]) stellt kein eigenständiges Mineral dar, sondern ist eine dichte, lichtundurchlässige, mikrokristalline Varietät, normalerweise rot, braun oder gelb und durch Oxide des Eisens gefärbt.
► Silex (Roter Jaspis) - Farbe Ziegelrot bis Braunrot. Zu ihm zählt auch der rote Brekzien-Jaspis. Die Farbe entsteht hier durch Eisenoxid aus überwiegend dreiwertigem Eisen.
JASPER as a healing crystal
► JASPER (hardness: 6,5 - 7,0; density: 2,6 g/sm3)
The name of the stone goes back to the Greek word jaspis - "motley", "speckled". The coloration of Jasper can be red, dark blue, green, violet, white and even black.
Medical properties. In olden time jasper considered as means from an epilepsy and a fever. People believed that the jasper can improve sight, cure an epilepsy and remove a toothache. Famous Avitsenna advised to carry jasper on a stomach, to prevent illnesses of a stomach.
Magic properties. It is considered that ornaments from a jasper promote adjustment of relations and protect from ill fate. The jasper is capable to give to the owner determination and to make it more wisely.
Jaspis is crudely, in-blown up, in balls and Geschieben, rarely in grape/cluster or to shapes. It can contain up to 20%
admixtures of strange substances such as alumina, ferric oxide, iron hydroxide and manganese hydroxide. Since the quantity and distribution of these admixtures decided on the appearance, are extraordinarily large the color and Jaspis.
ancient times: Jaspis was in the antiquity with the Greeks and Romans a most outstanding mineral. In the course of the centuries the Jaspis at meaning and appreciation lost and at present to Siegelsteinen, doses, vases, desk tops, cans, mosaic, architectural work etc. was used.
Bible: That the Apostel Johannes revealed Himmli Jerusalem (revealing 21, 18-20) exhibited walls from Jaspis, as "the first reason", all other jewels follow only after it.
Middle Ages In the late Middle Ages famous natural scientists Konrad Gesner delivered: "The Jaspis is a sign before the chest, the sword in the hand and the queue under the feet. It protects against all diseases and renews spirit, heart and understanding."With the ancient Greeks one believed that the Jaspis gives internal harmony to its carrier and women have a harmonyful pregnancy by carrying the stone. In addition the red Jaspis helps best with nausea and excessive Esslust during the pregnancy and can facilitate relieving - a marvelous stone for all ranges of the abdomen.
► Brekzienjaspis @samaki.de
Heilwirkungen auf die Psyche: hilft körpereigene positive Energien zu sammeln und negative Energien abzubauen, durch diesen Ausgleich in der Seele verhilft er uns zu einem harmonievolleren, beschwingteren und glücklicheren Alltag, hilft neue Lebensenergien zu aktivieren; dieser Heilstein gilt als insgesamt sehr stärkend, hilft uns, in gutem Kontakt zur Erde zu bleiben, bzw uns zu erden; fördert den Sinn für Realität und wirkt dabei gleichzeitig unterstützend, seinen Lebensweg zu gehen; als Steinewasser, in Kombination mit Bergkristall, ein guter Begleiter durch einen aktiven (auch körperlich anstrengenden) Tag.
Heilwirkungen auf den Körper: hat eine stark blutstillende Wirkung, hilft bei Schlafstörungen durch Erdstrahlen und Wasserstrahlen (Stein körperfern unter das Bett legen), bewahrt vor einer Unterfunktionen der Schilddrüse, ist gut für Blut und Knochen (kräftigend).
Chakra: 3. Chakra, Solarplexus-Chakra, mit Themen wie "innerer Weisheit", sich selbst entdecken, und 1. Chakra, Wurzel-Chakra, hilft uns, am Boden der Tatsachen zu bleiben und von dort in die heilsame Mediation zu gehen, uns zu öffnen. Sternzeichen: alle Sternzeichen.
► Brecciated Jasper Hearts@healingcrystals
The Hematite within Brecciated Jasper acts as a deflector of negativity. While it is said that Brecciated Jasper can stimulate the rise of the Kundalini, it has a tendency to add stability to this energy. It is a stone of strength and vitality and can be used to help bring mental clarity and focus to a previously scattered life. It is also used for overcoming sexual guilt or shame, and can be helpful for those who are recovering from any kind of illness. You can use a Brecciated Jasper Heart as a "worry-stone" to take advantage of its calming and nurturing properties. These Brecciated Jasper Hearts can also be used during Meditations, held in your client's hand during a session, or just to carry in your pocket.
► poppy jasper @kosmix [_210810_]
Poppy Jasper is a poppy-patterned variety of orbicular jasper originating in South Africa. In medieval times, warriors often carried poppy jasper in belief it would bring them courage in the heat of oncoming battle. It belongs to the quartz group and is a brecciated jasper, composed of approximately 20% extraneous materials due to the gaps left between dry, iron enriched clay when the rock is first formed.
While poppy jasper is often multi-colored due to foreign deposits, it still is predominately red, black and gray in appearance. The black and gray often act to form a sort of background behind "blooms" of red-orange color that distinctly resemble that of a poppy plant, hence the name.
Residents of the U.S. may find this particular form of jasper in Morgan Hill, California. It is considered a rare stone and is well sought-after collectible by gem connoisseurs at a going rate of $20-30/lb.
► Brecciated Jasper Puffed Heart This jasper veined with hematite is an excellent aid to keeping your feet on the ground and attaining emotional stability. It also promotes mental clarity.
► Poppy aka Brecciated Jasper Metaphysically Poppy Jasper is the supreme nurturer. Brings tranquility and wholeness, protection and grounding. Aligns chakras, facilitates Shamanic journeys and dream recall. Rectifies unjust situations. Strengthens the circulatory system and is sometimes referred to as the "Stone of health". It has the qualities of enhancing organizational abilities, relaxation, and a sense of wholeness. It is occasionally used to assist when dowsing. It aligns the chakras and balances the yin-yang, physical, and emotional. It is a stone of protection, and is used in particular for protection during astral travel. It encourages attunement and communication with animals and can help with animal allergies, plus other allergies. It brings happiness and a good outlook on life and eases stress. It can help increase physical endurance and ward off dehydration. It is also a good stone for grounding oneself and is associated with the root chakra.
► Jasper @s a mineral
Jasper is an opaque variety of Chalcedony occurring in all colors. It is sometimes impure, containing organic material and iron oxides. Jasper is a favorite among amateur gem cutters, for its abundance and diversity is great. Some Jasper is banded, and these banded Jaspers are also Agates. When Jasper does not exhibit interesting colors or patterns, it is known as Chert. There are many types of Jasper, and many distinct names are given to each type. Most names are only used locally, and new names are made up every year. Below is a list of many of the Jasper names seen on the market. The second list contains Jasper types that are locally named for the area they occur in.
Brecciated Jasper: Red and black, with some white tracing:
► Support during times of stress - Facing problems - Courage - Energy
The colours are simply amazing with endless puzzle patterns of reds, whites, blacks and earthtones. Jasper is a very nurturing gemstone that helps to uplift you and support you during times of stress. It's beneficial in bringing tranquility and wholeness to you. Jasper helps to unite all aspects of your life and also helps others around you to open up to the idea of helping each other as well. It helps to protect you and ground your energy - if you work with Chakra it helps to absorb negative energy and in turn cleanse and align the Chakra and aura.
Jasper is also a stone of shamanic journeys and helping you to remember your dreams. It is a stone of balance for the yin and yang. If you dowse? This may be a wonderful tool to help you. Jasper also helps to clear electromagnetic and environmental pollution that includes radiation.
This gem also helps you to feel more determined and brings to you the courage to face problems. It helps you to be honest with yourself. Jasper also aids with quick thinking and organization. If you have projects on the go and need a little boost, Jasper can help stimulate your imagination and transform those ideas into great actions. Jasper also is beneficial with boosting your energy levels. In relationships, it can help pleasurable situations. If you have been feeling run down, this stone may help to lift and re-energize yourself.
Brecciated Jasper is also an excellent gemstone for helping you to keep your feet in the ground in a world full of turmoil. It can help to promote mental clarity.
► Poppy, or Brecciated, Jasper Heart (from mother earth to you) is beautiful not only for the colors and patterns it reveals, but also for its meaning. Jasper is a powerful healer, particularly of the physical body. It strengthens the gallbladder, liver, and bladder. A wonderful treat from Mother Earth for everyone you love (and don't forget yourself)!
► @phoenixorion Jasper is an opaque form of Chalcedony, and has been a stone for kings and shamans.
..., also spelled as hæmatite, is the mineral form of iron(III) oxide (α-Fe2O3), one of several iron oxides. It crystallizes in rhombohedral systems. Colors: black to steel or silver-gray, brown to reddish brown, or red.
Hematite (mineral information ... is rather variable in its appearence it can be in reddish brown, ocherous masses, dark silvery-grey scaled masses, silvery-grey crystals, and dark-grey masses, to name a few. What they all have in common is a rust-red streak. GEOLOGICAL SETTING: Large ore bodies of hematite are usually of sedimentary origin; also found in high-grade ore bodies in metamorphic rocks due to contact metasomatism, and occasionally as a sublimate on igneous extrusive rocks ("lavas") as a result of volcanic activity. It is also found coloring soils red all over the planet...
SILPHION & ARKESILAOS
► σίλφιον aus epichorisch σίλφι oder σίρφι, lat.: sirpe, laserpicium = lac +sirpicium; außerdem sind besondere griechische Namen für Teile der Pflanze überliefert.) Name einer in der Cyrenaica wachsenden Pflanze und besonders des aus dessen Stengel und Wurzel gewonnenen harzigen Milchsaftes, der vom 6.Jahrhundert v. Chr. eine sehr hochgeschätzte Droge war und als Ausfuhrartikel die Grundlage des Reichtums von --> Kyrene bildete. Auch in der hellenistischen Zeit war der S-Handel gewinnbringend (Plaut, Rud. 630 Catull. 7,4), aber vom Beginn der Kaiserzeit an war das echte S. vom Markt verschwunden, und man behalf sich mit minderwertigem S. aus dem Orient. Trotz erhaltener Beschreibungen bei Theophrast u.a. (s. bes. Plin. nat. 19, 38-46) und Abbildungen auf Münzen von Kyrene und auf der Pariser Arkesilaos-Schale (auf der er die Verpackung und Verschiffung von S. beaufsichtigt) und vieler Bemühungen von Historikern und Botanikern (eine ganze Literatur!) ist die sichere Bestimmung des S. nicht gelungen; doch scheint es sich um eine mit Scorodosma foetidum, welches Asa foetida liefert, nahe verwandte Pflanze zu handeln; obwohl S. einen zwar sehr intensiven, aber doch angenehmen Geruch und Geschmack gehabt haben soll. Über die Verwendung von S. sind die antiken Angaben spärlich. Stengel und Blätter wurden als Gemüse gegessen, und die Droge diente als Gewürz und medizinisch als Allheilmittel... {Hehn-Schrader Kulturpflanzen (8) 112. Steier, RE III A 103-114} Konrad Ziegler in (Der Kleine Pauly, dtv, Band 5)
► Arkesilaos 1. Sohn Battos I. (Hdt 4, 159), König von Kyrene 599-583 (?) 2. Aresilaos II. (565/60-555/50) war der Enkel von Arkesilaos I. Er vertrieb nach seiner Thronbesteigung seine Brüder, welche daraufhin die Libyer um Kyrene aufwiegelten, bei Leukon lockten sie ihn in einen Hinterhalt, wobei er 7000 Hopliten verlor. Kurz daraufhin verübte sein mit ihm verfehdeter Bruder Laarchos ein Attentat auf ihn; seine Witwe rächte ihn jedoch wenig später (Hdt. 4, 160, Plut.mul.virt. 260 E ff. S. Mazzarino Fra Oriente e Occidente 1947, 153, 313-317). Trotz seiner kurzen Herrschaft (565/60-555/50) haben Künstler und Dichter ihm gehuldigt: Eugammon von Kyrene widmete ihm sein Epos 'Telegonia', die Arkesilaos-Schale stellt ihn bei der Beaufsichtigung des Verladens Exportartikels Silphion dar.
► Silphium @wikipedia
Silphium (also known as silphion or laser) was a plant of the genus Ferula. Generally considered to be an extinct "giant fennel" (although some claim that the plant is really Ferula tingitana), it once formed the crux of trade from the ancient city of Cyrene for its use as a rich seasoning and as a medicine. It was so critical to the Cyrenian economy that most of their coins bore a picture of the plant.
Silphium was an important species as evidenced by the Egyptians and Knossos Minoans developing a specific glyph to represent the Silphium plant.
The valuable product was the resin (laser, laserpicium, or lasarpicium) of the plant. It was harvested in a manner similar to asafoetida, a plant with similar enough qualities to silphium that Romans, including the geographer Strabo, used the same word to describe both.
Aside from its uses in Greco-Roman cooking (as in recipes by Apicius), many medical uses were ascribed to the plant. It was said that it could be used to treat cough, sore throat, fever, indigestion, aches and pains, warts, and all kinds of maladies. Chief among its medical uses, according to Pliny the Elder, was its role as an herbal contraceptive. Given that many species in the parsley family have estrogenic properties, and some (such as wild carrot) have been found to work as an abortifacient, it is quite possible that the plant was pharmacologically active in the prevention or termination of pregnancy. Legend said that it was a gift from the god Apollo. It was used widely by most ancient Mediterranean cultures; the Romans considered it "worth its weight in denarii."
Connection with the heart symbol
There has been some speculation about the connection between silphium and the traditional heart shape (♥). The symbol is remarkably similar to the Egyptian "heart soul" (ib). The sexual nature of that concept, combined with the widespread use of silphium in ancient Egypt for birth control, and the fact that the seeds of silphium are shaped like a heart as shown in the left illustration, leads to speculation that the character for ib may have been derived from the shape of the silphium seed.
Contemporaneous writings help tie silphium to sexuality and love, as laserpicium makes an appearance in a poem (Catullus 7) of Catullus to his lover Lesbia. As well as in Pausanias' Description of Greece in which he says "For it so happened that his maiden daughter was living in it. By the next day this maiden and all her girlish apparel had disappeared, and in the room were found images of the Dioscuri, a table, and silphium upon it."
► The Secret of the Heart @ heartsmith
There are a few ancient symbols that recur through the ages. One of these symbols - the heart - means many things to many people. Just how did the stylized heart shape become the icon for love and the human soul? Let's work our way back in history:
The heart symbol as we know it today, was popularized in the Victorian era over a hundred years ago. They loved the romantic heart shape and embellished it in many ways; but they didn't invent it. Where did it come from?
"Silphium has left its mark in modern society in a way that has not previously been recognized. Have you ever wondered why the human heart - the repository and the embodiment of romantic love - is always drawn stylized instead of in the natural shape of the human heart organ? The answer is rooted in the ancient function of Silphium! And the connection between this artistic convention and Silphium is found in the coinage of Cyrene, which features a seed pod of the revered plant." (Emilio N Favority and Kurt Baty. The Celator, Vol 9, No.2)
► Asafoetida (Pers. انگدان Angedan).
MEDICAL Apps: Asafoetida reduces the growth of indigenous microflora in the gut. fighting flu - Asafoetida was used in 1918 to fight the Spanish influenza pandemic. Scientists at the Kaohsiung Medical University in Taiwan report that the roots of Asafoetida produces natural antiviral drug compounds that kill the swine flu virus, H1N1. In an article published in the American Chemical Society's Journal of Natural Products, the researchers said the compounds "may serve as promising lead components for new drug development" against this type of flu. contraceptive/abortifacient - Asafoetida has also been reported to have contraceptive/abortifacient activity, and is related (and considered an inferior substitute to) the ancient Ferula species Silphium. antiepileptic - Asafoetida oleo-gum-resin has been reported to be antiepileptic in classical Unani as well as ethnobotanical literature.
HUNTING apps (bait): John C Duval reported in 1936 that the odor of asafoetida is attractive to the wolf, a matter of common knowledge, he says, along the Texas/Mexico border. It is also used as one of several possible scent baits, most notably for catfish and pike.
MAGICK apps: In Jamaica, asafoetida is traditionally applied to a baby's anterior fontanel (Jamaican patois "mole") in order to prevent spirits (Jamaican patois "duppies") from entering the baby through the fontanel. In the African-American Hoodoo tradition, asafoetida is used in magic spells as it is believed to have the power both to protect and to curse. In ceremonial magick especially from The Key of Solomon the King, it is used to protect the magus from daemonic forces and to evoke the same and bind them.
Asant (Ferula assa-foetida), auch bekannt als Stinkasant (hindi: हिंग Hing, urdu: Hei-ng) oder Teufelsdreck: Indikationen für die Anwendung waren a) verschiedene Angst- und Nervenstörungen (Nervosität, Hysterie, Hypochondrie), b) krampfartige Magen-, Leber- und Galleleiden, c) Impotenz und reduzierter sexueller Antrieb. Entsprechend war Asant vorwiegend als Nerven- und Beruhigungsmittel sowie als gastrointestinales Spasmolytikum verbreitet. Seit dem Altertum galt Asa foetida außerdem als Aphrodisiakum und wurde über Jahrhunderte in der Liebesmagie eingesetzt. ... Asant soll auch in Chanel Nº 5 enthalten sein.
► Did the ancient Romans use a natural herb for birth control? The Roman scholar Pliny the Elder described use of the resin "with soft wool as a pessary to promote the menstrual discharge." If taken as ancient writers claimed, silphium might have worked as a monthly morning-after pill. Other items touted as contraceptives in antiquity include wild carrot (a silphium relative also known as Queen Anne's lace), pennyroyal, and pomegranate. In small doses many of these are known to stimulate menstrual flow, just as silphium is supposed to have done.
Whether it was effective or not, silphium certainly was a popular plant. Almost impossible to cultivate, it became the main source of economic power for Cyrene, a Greek colony in what's now Libya, where it grew wild.
Nonetheless, by the end of the first century AD silphium was no more. The last pieces of this aphrodisiac plant were reputedly consumed by the dying emperor Nero: "Qualis artifex pereo!"
After silphium disappeared, asafetida was used as a replacement, imported from what are now Iran, Iraq, and Syria. Already used by the poor because it was cheaper and more plentiful than silphium, asafetida was considered inferior from both a culinary and medicinal standpoint.
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EXPLANATIONS of WORDS
Schlieren (from German; singular "Schliere", meaning "streak") are optical inhomogeneities in transparent material not visible to the human eye. Schlieren physics developed out of the need to produce high-quality lenses void of these inhomogeneities. These inhomogeneities are localized differences in optical path length that cause light deviation. This light deviation is converted to shadow in a schlieren system.
dub 1. give an unofficial name or nickname to (someone or something), make someone a knight by the ritual touching of the shoulder with a sword. 3. smear (leather) with grease. ORIGIN: late Old English (in the sense 'make a knight'): from Old French adober 'equip with armour'.
overdub (verb) record (additional sounds) on an existing recording. (noun) an instance of overdubbing: a guitar overdub [_NODE_1321_]
empathy the ability to understand and share the feelings of another DERIVATIVES: empathize (verb), empathetic / empathic (adjectives), empath (noun). ORIGIN: In the early 20th century the german word Einfühlung was 're-translated' into the until then not existing greek word empatheia
empath (chiefly in science fiction) a person with the paranormal ability to apprehend the mental or emotional state of another individual.
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► Temple d'Asclépios à Al-Bayda et motifs de silphium ... look at the stylized heart-symbols at the top of the temple-columns!
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► hearts in the temple of love {♥-slideshow}
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► hearts ♥ brick-red ♥ brecciated jasper @ Dr Dave's My Alternative Healing & Health Blog {May, 8th, 2010}
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► poppy jasper @kosmix (210810)
► ... the drive of service and compassion. These are the tools that we can give people to return to empathy without fear ... by Joy Eckstine, Topics: Homeless Health, 22 Sept 2010.
► Valentine’s Day – Love Yourself This Year @richardmaun - Tips & Stories to improve work and life (February 13, 2011)
► Love and Trash is a DIY blog for people who do things differently. (March 2011)
► High-risk hearts: a South Asian epidemic @University of Cambridge, June 30, 2011 Why is heart disease increasing at a greater rate in South Asia than in any other region globally? Large-scale population studies in Pakistan and Bangladesh aim to discover the basis of a little-studied public health problem of epidemic proportions. (MIRROR-ECHO @ medicalexpress-news)
► Having Sex Like It's Going Out of Style @ Medicinal Marzipan (body image & authentic living), July 22, 2011. Having Sex Like It's Going Out of Style (ECHO) @ dillarddario27 blog, July 24, 2011
► Content, The Heart and Soul of Your Online Brand by Jeff Bullas. Categories: Content, Social Media. November 21, 2011
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