<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: Spell components, chemistry, and the like... --> <!--X-From-R13: Quevf Uenl <ptNnzv-pt.UenlEntr.Sqzbagba.OP.QO> --> <!--X-Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 23:09:41 -0800 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 199811120707.AAA02047@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: Spell components, chemistry, and the like...</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00825.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00827.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00835.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00829.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00826">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00826">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00826">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: Spell components, chemistry, and the like...</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Spell components, chemistry, and the like...</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Chris Gray <<A HREF="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:07:25 -0700</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> [quzah:] >Greetings again. I'm currently in the process of jotting down info on >the periodic table, element by element to plunk into my project. I was >wondering how one goes about finding out the properties of elements/ >compounds like above. (How do I find out say, how brittle iron is? >Or that gold doesn't react to sulpheric acid, or whatever.) I think to get all of that information, you might need an entire library of chemistry and geology reference books! If you *really* want to get into some of it, you need a "rubber bible". That's the student name for the "Handbook of Chemistry and Physics", that was published by the Chemical Rubber Company. I got one in my first year of university. I don't know if they are still published, however. You might find some in a university library, or a good high school one. Warning: mine is nearly 3 inches of very thin paper! Some sections: "The Elements". A short paragraph on each one. Dense material. E.g. for carbon, it includes: atomic weight 12.01115, atomic number 6, melting point 3550C, sublimes above 3500C, boiling point 4827C, specific gravity: amorphous 1.8 - 2.1, graphite 1.9 - 2.3, diamond 3.15 - 3.53 (depending on variety), gem diamond 3.513 (25C). And then lots of words. "Physical constants of inorganic compounds" (nearly 100 pages) Columns are: name, formulae, molecular weight, crystalline form & properties & index of refraction, density/specific gravity, melting point, boiling point, solubility in cold & hot water & others. "Physcial constants of minerals" (only 4-1/2 pages!) Includes name, formula, specific gravity, hardness, crystalline form & colour, index of refraction "Physical constants of organic compounds" (nearly 500 pages!) ... (How can you tell I don't want to work on what I should be working on?) In other words, there is far more information than you could ever use. I think you need to cut back on your ambitions a bit, and start with something simple. Only put in data for things as you put sources of those things into your world. Else you'll go insane! -- Don't design inefficiency in - it'll happen in the implementation. - me Chris Gray cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00836" HREF="msg00836.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Spell components, chemistry, and the like...</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> Nathan F Yospe <yospe#hawaii,edu></li></ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00829" HREF="msg00829.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Spell components, chemistry, and the like...</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> "Franklyn Colebrooke, Jr." <colebrookef#post,uwstout.edu></li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00825.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Spell components, chemistry, and the like...</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00827.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Chemistry [Warning, scientific content]</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00835.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Spell components, chemistry, and the like...</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00829.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Spell components, chemistry, and the like...</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00826"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00826"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>[MUD-Dev] Re: Spell components, chemistry, and the like...</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00824" HREF="msg00824.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Spell components, chemistry, and the like...</A></strong>, quzah [sotfhome] <a href="mailto:quzah#softhome,net">quzah#softhome,net</a>, Thu 12 Nov 1998, 06:24 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00825" HREF="msg00825.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Spell components, chemistry, and the like...</A></strong>, Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Thu 12 Nov 1998, 06:47 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00831" HREF="msg00831.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Spell components, chemistry, and the like...</A></strong>, Hal Black <a href="mailto:hal#moos,ml.org">hal#moos,ml.org</a>, Thu 12 Nov 1998, 15:33 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00835" HREF="msg00835.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Spell components, chemistry, and the like...</A></strong>, Nathan F Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Thu 12 Nov 1998, 23:01 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00826" HREF="msg00826.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Spell components, chemistry, and the like...</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Thu 12 Nov 1998, 07:09 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00829" HREF="msg00829.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Spell components, chemistry, and the like...</A></strong>, Franklyn Colebrooke, Jr. <a href="mailto:colebrookef#post,uwstout.edu">colebrookef#post,uwstout.edu</a>, Thu 12 Nov 1998, 11:32 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00830" HREF="msg00830.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Spell components, chemistry, and the like...</A></strong>, Emil Eifrem <a href="mailto:emil#prophecy,lu">emil#prophecy,lu</a>, Thu 12 Nov 1998, 12:26 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00838" HREF="msg00838.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Spell components, chemistry, and the like...</A></strong>, Nathan F Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Thu 12 Nov 1998, 23:56 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00836" HREF="msg00836.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Spell components, chemistry, and the like...</A></strong>, Nathan F Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Thu 12 Nov 1998, 23:06 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>