Magnesium

A shot in the Dark

Magnesium was once ubiquitous as a source of illumination in flash photography. As domestic camera markets have changed, so many flashbulbs find themselves bundled away free with a camera on many a car-boot table. People tend to overprice them, remembering that they were single use and therefore added a great expense to each bulb used.


Citation fever


During a lunchtime chat in the University canteen, the topic of citation impact came up. I began to see people, mostly in a hurry, carrying paper around everywhere.


Lead

The lead fishing weights were bought from a man from Hexham car-boot fair. He makes them at home from scrap that he finds and regualry sells them to a those in-the-know-fanbase.