31 MAY 2012 by ideonexus
Ancient Description of Layers in Mountains
Where there is cinnabar above, yellow gold will be found below. Where there is lodestone above, copper and gold be found below. Where there is calamine above, lead, tin, and red copper will be found below. Where there is haematite above, iron will be found below. Thus it can be seen that mountains are full of riches. Folksonomies: geology
Folksonomies: geology
From China, that "mountains are full of riches."
06 SEP 2011 by ideonexus
1889 Prediction That Has Almost Come True
We may indeed live yet to see, or at least we may feel some confidence that those who come after us will see, such bodies as oxygen and hydrogen in the liquid, perhaps even in the solid state, and the question of their metallic or non-metallic nature thereby finally settled.Folksonomies: prescience predictions
Folksonomies: prescience predictions
Andrews predicts our seeing hydrogen as a liquid; although, I do not know if we have seen it as a solid yet.