2010
Paper Sky
Every part of the process– the stripping of bark from Kozo (Mulberry) branches, the boiling of the bark with lye in huge ovens, careful cleaning of the bark with cold river water, the pounding of the resulting Kozo pulp with pine hammers– each action was performed by the entire town; children, mothers, grandmothers and farmers all participated in the transformation of wood into ‘washi’ (Japanese paper). But only one person, would be responsible for actually drawing the wet paper out of a liquid bath of dissolved Kozo pulp and Tororo-aoi roots (Japanese mountain yam– used to help bind the Kozo).
2009
Storz and Bickel Volcano Herbal Vaporizer
by access2
Herbal vaporizers can be used in smoking cessation, administration of medical marijuana, or a variety of other uses. Instead of heating plant materials to their ignition point and burning them at even higher temperatures, these devices heat the herbs to something just above the boiling point -- about 235 degrees. This not only extracts more of the active component, but does so without producing the harmful -- even toxic -- pyrolytic by-products such as tars and carbon monoxide.
2006
Bloggerheads - the weblog of Tim Ireland
by mikepower
Don't you find it a little odd that Mary Creagh, the Labour MP who is worried that we all might burn ourselves has never formally objected to a government that approves of boiling people alive?
Vapour pressure applet
by johnzule
The Nomograph Applet The nomograph program is a java applet designed to model the vapour-pressure curve using thermodynamics. It's aim is to provide a simple way of estimating the effect that varying the pressure has on the boiling point of a substance as
2005
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