History of saffron
fresco from the excavation of Akrotiri on the Aegean island of Santorini .
The history of saffron in human cultivation and use reaches back more than 3,000 years. and spans many cultures, continents, and civilizations. Saffron , a spice derived from the dried stigmas of t more
Atomic line filter Faraday filter designed, built and photographed by Jonas Hedin for making daytime LIDAR measurements at Arecibo Observatory.
An atomic line filter (ALF) is an advanced optical band-pass filter used in the physical science s for filtering electromagnetic radiation with precisi more
Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton FRS () (4 January 1643 – 31 March 1727 ) [ OS : 25 December 1642 – 20 March 1727 ] was an English physicist , mathematician , astronomer , natural philosopher , and alchemist . His treatise Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica , published in 1687, des more
Hydrochloric acid
Hydrochloric acid is the aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride gas (H Cl ). It is a strong acid , the major component of gastric acid , and of wide industrial use. Hydrochloric acid must be handled with appropriate safety precautions because it is a highly-corrosive liquid . more
Elias Ashmole
, c. 1681, below.
Elias Ashmole (23 May 1617 – 18 May 1692 ), the celebrated English antiquary , was a politician , officer of arms , student of astrology and alchemy , and an early speculative Freemason . He supported the royalist side during the English Civil War , and at the more