Quartz clock

Earth is composed of many different components such as minerals, and rocks. These components have several different properties and characteristics which are unique to each. In this paper, I will discuss some of the different properties, characteristics, and uses of three different factors, those being gypsum, coal, and nickel. Gypsum Gypsum is derived from the Greek word gypsos which means plaster (Gypsum Meanings, Powers, and History). Gypsum is composed of oxygen, calcium, sulfur, and water…

In the Black Hills National Forest of South Dakota, Mount Rushmore, a large granite peak was dedicated in 1925 to be sculpted into a monument. That monument today is one of the most visited monuments in the United States. Mount Rushmore is a staple of the United States. On it, it has the faces of four of the most important Presidents of the United States. According to the Sculptor Gutzon Borglum “The purpose of the memorial is to communicate the founding, expansion, preservation, and unification…

Initially, the most striking feature of Eroded Rock, Point Lobos, a gelatin silver print by Edward Weston, is its relationship between positive and negative space. The photo’s subject is an eroded rock, whose rough, raised plateaus create a light positive space and emerge from smooth, blackened sections of the eroded rock which create the image’s negative space. These sections of eroded rock envelop the plateaus in languid serpentine lines, almost as though the plateaus are land masses cast…

During the Scottish Enlightenment, a period of increased intellectual activity in the 18th and early 19th century, individuals tended to explore multiple disciplines of study (Young, 2016). One prominent Scottish Enlightenment figure was James Hutton, living from 1726 to 1797. During his lifetime he was a lawyer, geologist, chemist, physician, farmer, and naturalist. Hutton, along with other prominent Enlightenment figures, Joseph Black and Adam Smith, founded the Oyster Club. This intellectual…

3.4. Ternary systems MgO-SF-QF (MgO-SiO2-Quartz fillers) 3.4.1. Effect of crushed quartz filler on water reduction The idea of adding crushed quartz filler to M-S-H binder is inherited from replacement of Portland cement with quartz filler to improve the rheology of cement paste [25] due to the less water absorption and smooth texture of finely ground quartz particles. Fig. 9 described water reduction effect as adding crushed quartz filler (QF) to MgO-SiO2 binary system to maintain a fixed flow…

The Clear Quartz is the mixture of silicon and two oxygen molecules (silicon dioxide, or SiO2), it is also the precursor of over 500 stones as they start as the clear quartz and gain their color with inclusions and mineral deposits that are added while forming, these minerals are designated as “silicates.” The Clear Quartz crystal can occur in two different ways, one being the hexagonal crystals in masses and druses, and the other being dense fibrous material that has no visible crystals.…

listen for a moment. It is faint at first, but gradually I hear the ticking of billions of clocks turning at varying speeds. Their sound grows louder the longer I listen and I wonder how I can be the only one to hear…

They didn't know this would happen. Nobody did. And now they will pay. As the world came into focus, I realized my phone was not ringing as it was in my dream. It was my alarm clock, honking it’s tune at me, signaling that it was time to get up. I smashed my hand on the snooze button, missed, and instead, I smashed my hand on the corner of my bedside table. “OWWWW!” I yelled jumping out of bed to look at my hand. Thankfully, there was only minor bleeding. As I went to clean up my hand and put…

My dad woke me up by shouting, “WAKE UP! DO YOU KNOW WHAT TODAY IS?” I knew what day it was: the day we went on a six-hour road trip from Roselle to Minocqua, Wisconsin. I saw all of the big buildings turn into smaller buildings, then into trees as we drove north. My family had done this trip every year on the Fourth of July, for decades. The one reoccurring factor, though, was the state of protection, given by the surrounding cabins, lake and trees. First of all, the cabins that we had rented…

The “Ghost Clock” is a fascinating piece of artwork, done by the modern sculptor and furniture maker Wendell Castle. While the piece may appear to just be a grandfather clock covered with a sheet, it is actually one whole piece. The Ghost Clock is completely made of mahogany. To achieve the look of a sheet draped over a clock, Castle had to bleach the wood multiple times in order to strip it of all its natural color, seen on the bottom of the sculpture. This is part of what makes the piece…