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AL CHEMY & HIS BANDS OF GOLD |
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Alchemists fooled their patrons by mixing powdered lead and other materials in a crucible over a fire. It was stirred with a hollow iron rod filled with gold dust and a wax end. As the wax melted, the lead and other minerals would "turn" into gold. The philosophers' stone supposedly turned base metals into gold and silver. (sounds like stoned philosophers.) |
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In 1450, Bernard of Treves devised this alchemist formula for making gold: take 2000 egg yolks, an equal part of olive oil and vitriol, then cook for two weeks. (the only killing he made in the market was on the pigs that he fed it to. And talking of pigs, we liked Chrissie's DoubleTake™ humor in "3's Company", when someone sarcastically said, "Yeah, when pigs grow wings." She replied straight faced (maybe the only straight thing on her), "That could take weeks!" |
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While researching the Legend of the Lost Dutchman for the Goldbuster Guidebook that accompanied the Superstition Gold album, DoubleTake found many things about Gold. NOTE: MANY OF THE WEB PAGES USED IN THE GOLD 'N STUFF SECTION HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM THE GUIDEBOOK, BUT HAVE BEEN EDITED FOR THE INTERNET AND DO NOT NECESSARILY USE IN"CLUE" INFORMATION ABOUT THE DT'S SEARCH FOR THE GOLD. GOLDEN GRATES, BRIDGES GENERAL HISTORY GOLD USES AND ABUSES ... or ... APPLICATIONS BEING EXCEPTED BEAR MARKETS ... or ... PAWS FOR THE CLAWS FLASH IN THE PANS & OTHER GOLD DIGGERS |
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