Philosophy
Big Chemist's Retort Built for Movie
Four feet in diameter and more than five feet high, what is believed to be the largest chemist’s retort ever made was fashioned from a new plastic material for use in a current motion-picture scene. In the film, a magician "creates" a full-grown woman inside of what appears to be an empty glass retort. The scene is shown above.
Modern Mechanix
February 1940
Eternally Yours
1939
staring
Loretta Young, David Niven, Hugh Herbert, and Billie Burke
The "new plastic"...Lucite, Plexiglas [polymethyl metacrylate]
- Saint Shecky's Day Eve Reading --- In The Beginning
On this day before the holiest of days, let us read from the Comedist Manifesto, da holy skriptures... In the beginning, there was the LORD. And He was funny. On the first day, the LORD made light. He made light of everything. And the LORD sat back and...
- The Comedist Manefesto
On this holiest of days, let us read from holy skriptures... In the beginning, there was the LORD. And He was funny. On the first day, the LORD made light. He made light of everything. And the LORD sat back and said, "This is funny." On the second day,...
- Last Word Concerning Tianle Li
"Chemist sentenced to life" by Laura Howes October 3rd, 2013 Chemistry World A US-based chemist has been sentenced to life for murdering her husband with thallium that she obtained from her work at Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS). Tianle Li, who was found...
- Chemistry Books Of The Past..."the Golden Book Of Chemistry Experiments" And "the Boy Chemist"
The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments, written by Robert Brent and illustrated by Harry Lazarus, is a 1960s children's book that tells kids how they can set up a home chemistry lab to conduct simple chemistry experiments. Supposedly the US government...
- Zoetrope Anniversary
In 1867, the Zoetrope was patented by William E. Lincoln of Providence, R.I. (No. 64,117). The device was the first animated picture machine. It provided an animation sequence of pictures lining the inside wall of a shallow cylinder, with vertical slits...
Philosophy
Chemist's retort
Big Chemist's Retort Built for MovieFour feet in diameter and more than five feet high, what is believed to be the largest chemist’s retort ever made was fashioned from a new plastic material for use in a current motion-picture scene. In the film, a magician "creates" a full-grown woman inside of what appears to be an empty glass retort. The scene is shown above.
Modern Mechanix
February 1940
Eternally Yours
1939
staring
Loretta Young, David Niven, Hugh Herbert, and Billie Burke
The "new plastic"...Lucite, Plexiglas [polymethyl metacrylate]
One of those curious movie props that is probably now at a landfill.
- Saint Shecky's Day Eve Reading --- In The Beginning
On this day before the holiest of days, let us read from the Comedist Manifesto, da holy skriptures... In the beginning, there was the LORD. And He was funny. On the first day, the LORD made light. He made light of everything. And the LORD sat back and...
- The Comedist Manefesto
On this holiest of days, let us read from holy skriptures... In the beginning, there was the LORD. And He was funny. On the first day, the LORD made light. He made light of everything. And the LORD sat back and said, "This is funny." On the second day,...
- Last Word Concerning Tianle Li
"Chemist sentenced to life" by Laura Howes October 3rd, 2013 Chemistry World A US-based chemist has been sentenced to life for murdering her husband with thallium that she obtained from her work at Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS). Tianle Li, who was found...
- Chemistry Books Of The Past..."the Golden Book Of Chemistry Experiments" And "the Boy Chemist"
The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments, written by Robert Brent and illustrated by Harry Lazarus, is a 1960s children's book that tells kids how they can set up a home chemistry lab to conduct simple chemistry experiments. Supposedly the US government...
- Zoetrope Anniversary
In 1867, the Zoetrope was patented by William E. Lincoln of Providence, R.I. (No. 64,117). The device was the first animated picture machine. It provided an animation sequence of pictures lining the inside wall of a shallow cylinder, with vertical slits...