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Post by zipper on Feb 23, 2005 16:51:34 GMT
Can anyone confirm this please?
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Post by lanceradvanced on Feb 23, 2005 17:35:42 GMT
Can anyone confirm this please? The bit about mining coms from the sequence in the pit where the martians are seen refining bars of metal, using earth being dug out from around the cylinder. |
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Post by Topaz on Feb 23, 2005 18:45:48 GMT
It would seem, from that chapter, that they were at least 'mining' and then refining aluminum. The implication is that they were using this to augment the pre-fab materials they brought with them in the cylinders, but Wells leaves this completely open.
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Post by jeffwaynefan on Feb 23, 2005 21:15:40 GMT
<<WERE THE MARTIANS MINERS?>>
Thinking about it, the description in the book of the creatures does have a passing resemblance to Auther Scargill ;D
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Post by Bayne on Mar 3, 2005 0:20:52 GMT
[glow=red,2,300]Is there much aluminium in the soil there? Were the Martians refining the metal or transmuting it?
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Post by Lensman on Mar 4, 2005 10:01:14 GMT
Is there much aluminium in the soil there? Were the Martians refining the metal or transmuting it? "Bauxite ore usually lies near the surface, and most of it is mined by the open-pit method." --World Book, 1961, "Bauxite" I can't find any indication of bauxite mining in England. France, yes. My guess was that they were refining low-grade ore containing alumina (aluminum oxide), not good enuff to be labeled "bauxite" (32 percent alumina or better.) Just my guess, of course. |
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