Re: Copper Casting In America (Trevelyan)

From: Yuri Kuchinsky (yuku_at_trends.ca)
Date: 06/30/04 

Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 14:58:13 -0400

Gary Coffman wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 05:48:01 GMT, Seppo Renfors <Renfors@not.com.au>
> wrote:

> >Isn't it just possible that you focus too strongly on perfect casting
> >- the imperfections resulting from casting may not have been a real
> >big deal to the ancient people.
>
> But the imperfections due to casting pure copper *would* produce the
> characteristic porosity which is *not* seen in any of the pieces other
> than R666. As I have remarked in other posts, it is possible that this
> single sample may have been melted due to a cause other than
> deliberate casting,

Not everything that is possible is probable.

Wishing won't make it so.

Yuri.

Yuri Kuchinsky -=O=- http://www.trends.ca/~yuku

A great many people think they are thinking when they are
merely rearranging their prejudices -=O=- William James

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