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  1. Thanks for posting. This is an article talking about the same thing. http://www.thebookoflife.org/why-you-should-never-say-beauty-lies-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/
  2. You forgot to include the asterix, "On the 13th August 1913 Harry created a steel alloy with 12.8% chromium and 0.24% carbon, which is argued to be the first* ever batch of what became known as 'stainless steel'." which highlights this. "* Other claims have been made as to who invented stainless steel. However, these were based on published experimental research papers, which merely indicated the potential corrosion resistance of chromium steels. Harry Brearley's contribution was that, having come to a conclusion by purely empirical means, he immediately seized on the practical uses of this new material." Which is rather different to what it says here taken from the link in my op. The first austenitic stainless steel was developed between 1909 and 1912 by researchers Eduard Maurer and Benno Strauss, and then commercialized at the steelworks of Friedrich A . Krupp in Essen, Germany . The alloy, called V2A, had a composition similar to today’s 304 (S30400) material, also known as “18-8”, consisting, as it does, of 18% chromium and 8% nickel . It was found to have exceptional corrosion resistance, especially to nitric acid . Today, 100 years later, the low-carbon version of that alloy, 304l (S30403), is still the standard material for handling nitric acid . (2) The German researchers also explored the material’s high-temperature properties and found that the high chromium content (18-20%) made V2A resistant to hot gases of various types . Again, various versions of that alloy, including 304H (S30409), 321 (S32100) and 347 (S34700), are still used extensively in the CPI for high-temperature applications If this information is correct then the most we can claim is that Brealey was the first to put it into use or production but that's clearly not the same as actually inventing it.
  3. Lol . The local story always seemed to be about Sheffield being the main, if not the only, place where these advancements in steel manufacture were happening. Of course, that was in the pre internet days when researching these things could be a very time consuming and expensive thing to do, so I guess people just swallowed any old jackanory they were fed. It's a little bit different today and, if the information in the link is correct, it looks like the real people we have to thank are a Frenchman and an American. I'd be interested to hear what any historian has to say on the matter.
  4. ..........or does it? Not according to this website it doesn't. It was last year. http://www.columbusstainless.co.za/files/nickelMay2012.pdf So which is it? Are we now doing what the American's like to do--rewrite history? I'm very
  5. Reading through all these cases of supposed sexual impropriety, it left me wondering: when did we become this puritanical society once again? Have I suddenly been transported back to the 1950's? I naively thought that the Mary Whitehouses of this world had been banished for good, or at least silenced outside of their own tiny entourage. I thought that the whole point of the sexual revolution of the 1960's was that the staid, vanilla sex of the 1950's and before had become what it was-boring, and that, as long as people knew the risks, pretty much anything goes. We all know that the casting couch is, and always has been, a part of the entertainment business and that age would be no barrier to that so I'm at a loss as to why people seem to be so shocked by it all. You really didn't think that all these pop stars, boy and girl bands and the like got to where they did by being able to sing did you?
  6. It's amazing how the word troll is always rolled out when somebody says something you don't like. What's all this civil rights garbage got to do with peoples ideas on how they view other people. That's for them and them alone and nobody elses business. People need to stop sticking their noses in where it's not wanted. So called thought crime is one of the most disgusting things invented by man.
  7. Please explain why expressing sincerely and deeply held opinions or views, irrespective of how obnoxious or offensive they are, should have anything to do with government or the law.
  8. I think there is some scope for more segregated trams in certain areas but you can't get away from the fact that the trams need to be as close to areas of population as possible and that inevitably means sharing road space with other traffic. If done properly this shouldn't be a problem. The rare odd time when it might be a problem is not an issue as far as I'm concerned.
  9. While it's being built, no doubt. I think it would have such a huge impact on people who wish to travel across the city that you would see a major reduction in car usage. It would also allow lines to be extended from the loop towards say, Chapeltown from Ecclesfield and Fulwood from Endcliffe Vale Road just as originally the Malin Bridge line should have gone up to Stannington and the Middlewood to Stocksbridge.
  10. I think the city needs a system like this that I posted from earlier in this thread.
  11. You're doing fine dear, keeping those emotions under control. I'm very proud of you.
  12. Yes. I look at it every time you make a comment and wonder why you don't take the advice.
  13. Amazing that you have time to write all that but not to do a google search to find these which took me a few seconds. http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/02/19/black-sea-flood.html http://www.ancienttexts.org/library/mesopotamian/gilgamesh/
  14. There's always a first time for everything.
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