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Chris Peterson wrote:

geckzilla wrote:And I was afraid the yellow message box at the top of the forum was too overt...

I think it needs some animated GIFs. Fireworks and dancing cats. And you might as well include a party horn, too.

geckzilla wrote:And I was afraid the yellow message box at the top of the forum was too overt...

Beyond wrote:

Huh? wrote:
As was the case with many of FLW's flat roofed builings, it leaked like a sieve

That's because he used Morton Salt materials. When it rains, it pours. Even in builings.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_silicate wrote:

<<Calcium silicate is the chemical compound Ca₂SiO₄, also known as calcium orthosilicate and sometimes formulated 2CaO.SiO₂. Calcium silicate is a white free-flowing powder derived from limestone and diatomaceous earth. Calcium silicate has a low bulk density and high physical water absorption and is used in roads, insulation, bricks, roof tiles, table salt and occurs in cements, where it is known as belite.

Morton Salt's motto, "When it rains it pours" (from 1911), were developed to illustrate the point that Morton Salt was free flowing even in rainy weather after the company began adding magnesium carbonate as an absorbing agent to its table salt in 1911 to ensure that it poured freely; calcium silicate is now used instead for the same purpose. It is used as an anti-caking agent in food preparation and an antacid. It is approved by the United Nations' FAO and WHO bodies as a safe food additive in a large variety of products.

Calcium silicate is commonly used as a safe alternative to asbestos for high temperature insulation materials. Industrial grade piping and equipment insulation is often fabricated from calcium silicate. One of the most successful materials in fireproofing in Europe is calcium silicate. High performance calcium silicate boards retain their excellent dimensional stability even in damp and humid conditions and can be installed at an early stage in the construction program, before wet trades are completed and the building is weather-tight.>>

Huh? wrote:As was the case with many of FLW's flat roofed builings, it leaked like a sieve

Beyond wrote:

neufer wrote:
Art Moderne Neuendorffer

Wouldn't that be Neuveau Art

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Neuveau wrote:
<<Art Neuveau was most popular during 1890–1910. According to the philosophy of the style, Art should be a way of life. For many Europeans, it was possible to live in an Art Neuveau-inspired house with Art Neuveau furniture, silverware, crockery, jewellery, cigarette cases, etc. Artists desired to combine the fine Arts and applied Arts, even for utilitarian objects. Although Art Neuveau was replaced by 20th-century Modernist styles, it is now considered as an important transition between the eclectic historic revival styles of the 19th-century and Modernism.>>

neufer wrote:Art Moderne Neuendorffer

Huh? wrote:

neufer wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_Wax_Headquarters wrote:
<<Johnson Wax Headquarters in Racine, Wisconsin was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and constructed from 1936 to 1939. The building features Wright's interpretation of the streamlined Art Moderne style popular in the 1930s. The building features many curvilinear forms and subsequently required over 200 different curved "Cherokee red" bricks to create the sweeping curves of the interior & exterior. >>

As was the case with many of FLW's flat roofed buildings,
it leaked like a sieve

neufer wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_Wax_Headquarters wrote:

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<<Johnson Wax Headquarters in Racine, Wisconsin was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and constructed from 1936 to 1939. The building features Wright's interpretation of the streamlined Art Moderne style popular in the 1930s. The building features many curvilinear forms and subsequently required over 200 different curved "Cherokee red" bricks to create the sweeping curves of the interior and exterior. The mortar between the bricks is raked in traditional Wright-style to accentuate the horizontality of the building. The warm, reddish hue of the bricks was used in the polished concrete floor slab as well; the white stone trim and white dendriform columns create a subtle yet striking contrast. All of the furniture was designed for the building by Wright and it mirrored many of the building's unique design features. In the Great Workroom, the dendriform columns are 9 inches in diameter at the bottom and 18 feet in diameter at the top, on a wide, round platform that Wright termed, the "lily pad." >>

Art Moderne Neuendorffer

CDA wrote:Let's check the definition of astronomy, shall we? From Merriam-Webster: "the study of objects and matter outside the earth's atmosphere and of their physical and chemical properties"

Psnarf wrote:I advocate the inclusion of such weather-related images. Astronomy is not all about phenomena outside our solar system or above the atmosphere. We need to take a look around down here once in a while. Images such as the above give us pause. I might not be a smart idea to open the observatory domes and expose the telescopes to the elements when a roll cloud is approaching (wait, that's two reasons, let me enter again) Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. Our two weapons are awe of the universe and telescope safety and weather we can't explain, like thunderstorms with gamma rays linking lightning bolts to the ionosphere,,,drat! that's three....

CDA wrote:
Let's check the definition of astronomy, shall we?

From Merriam-Webster:

• "the study of objects and matter outside the earth's atmosphere and of their physical and chemical properties"

• 1. The Art of painting; representation by painting.
  
  2. A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, produced by means of painting, drawing, engraving, photography, etc.; a representation in colors.
  
  3. An image or resemblance; a representation, either to the eye or to the mind; that which, by its likeness, brings vividly to mind some other thing; as, the man "CDA" is the picture of grief.

owlice wrote:

whowho wrote:

CDA wrote:Hey guys, isn't this supposed to be Astronomy? Earth weather isn't astronomy.

I'm a professional astronomer, and I do not agree with you. Earth is just another planet! But, we get a REALLY close up view, at MUCH lower cost than for the seven other planets!

This. Thank you!

Chris Peterson wrote:I believe that RJN and company have a sly sense of humor, using the weekends not just to recycle images, but to recycle relatively non-astronomical images. No doubt they lurk here to watch with glee the inevitable boatload of disgruntlement about repeats and content!

Chris Peterson wrote:

geckzilla wrote:
Weekends have a high repeat chance. It's to give them some time off but they like to feature some favorites over again too.

I believe that RJN and company have a sly sense of humor, using the weekends not just to recycle images, but to recycle relatively non-astronomical images. No doubt they lurk here to watch with glee the inevitable boatload of disgruntlement about repeats and content!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcturus wrote:
<<With a visual magnitude of −0.04, Arcturus (α Boo, α Boötis, Alpha Boötis) is the fourth brightest star in the night sky, after −1.46 magnitude Sirius, −0.86 magnitude Canopus, and (unresolved binary) −0.27 magnitude Alpha Centauri. Arcturus achieved fame when its light was used to open the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. The star was chosen as it was thought that light from Arcturus had started its journey at about the time of the previous Chicago World's Fair in 1893. Arcturus is now known (from the Hipparcos satellite) to be only 36.7 light years away so the light had, actually, started its journey in 1896.>>

geckzilla wrote:I guess I'll just blame alien memory implantation.

whowho wrote:

CDA wrote:Hey guys, isn't this supposed to be Astronomy? Earth weather isn't astronomy.

I'm a professional astronomer, and I do not agree with you. Earth is just another planet! But, we get a REALLY close up view, at MUCH lower cost than for the seven other planets!