The Gilders Source
On choosing the best gold leaf for various gilding situations. The Best Gold Leaf: A Gilder’s Guide When one says “best gold leaf,” it’s not quite as simple as picking the purest gold and calling it a day. Different project contexts—exterior surfaces, interior frames, glass (eglomise), decorative objects—demand different combinations of purity (karat), thickness, support … Read more
Gilding has transformed art, architecture, and design for over 5,000 years. Explore its history, techniques, and tools — and see how SeppLeaf Products continues the tradition today.
“Pure gold can be created in factories through several processes, primarily involving refining and purification of gold ore or recycled gold materials…” Original taken down by youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCGf_POjxKM Transcript
“The beautiful thing about [nano gold] is that we can other molecules on the surface of the gold in a very controlled way.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3laiMFFz0g Video was made private. Here’s a search for similar —https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=UTS+Science%3A+Gold+nano+to+target+diseases+(University+Tech+Sydney+Oz) Related videos
Gold nanoparticles exhibit extraordinary properties quite unlike those of the bulk metal. These properties can be exploited in a variety of assay applications, including lateral flow tests, microscopy, flow cytometry and FRET assays. There are also a number of therapeutic applications, especially in the field of cancer. This free and exciting webinar focuses on the … Read more
“Many Chinese merchant in gold-rush era Oroville traded in gold dust. Indeed, gold dust was also the local currency.” GOOGLE MAPhttps://www.google.com/maps/place/Oroville+Chinese+Temple/@39.5135642,-121.5639446,17z
Described as four cone-shaped golden hats from the Bronze Age, each of the four hats was actually discovered in a different location – 3 in Germany and 1 in France. Although separated by space, the artefacts are all thought to originate from a similar time, the Bronze Age, some time between 1400 and 800 BC. … Read more
Thoth, Hermes, civilization and the law. Ancient symbolism, law and gods related to weights and measures and although the gods may have gone the importance of their purpose remains as valid to us now as it did in the ancient past. Transcript
Purifying ores to metals such as gold, as well as making colours for cloth and painting is the work of chemists. The ancient past was no different. The records of the Egyptian sciences are not so clear where they do remain but the heirs of this ancient knowledge such as the Greeks and Romans did … Read more
Used in technology, photography, and decorative arts, silver is one of the most versatile metals known to man. In this episode of Modern Marvels we’ll explore the methods, men and machines that extract this precious resource from the earth. In Northern Idaho’s Lucky Friday mine, workers toil more than a mile underground in an around-the-clock … Read more