Comments on: Testing Missiles in Greenwich Park http://www.thegreenwichphantom.co.uk/2012/08/testing-missiles-in-greenwich-park/ An Intimate Guide to Life in Greenwich Sat, 25 May 2013 10:00:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Mary http://www.thegreenwichphantom.co.uk/2012/08/testing-missiles-in-greenwich-park/comment-page-1/#comment-104213 Mary Thu, 16 Aug 2012 08:31:42 +0000 http://www.thegreenwichphantom.co.uk/?p=11292#comment-104213 Somewhere - if I dig through my nightmare of old notes - is a reference to 19th century steam gun testing in pits alongside Blackheath Hill. Somewhere – if I dig through my nightmare of old notes – is a reference to 19th century steam gun testing in pits alongside Blackheath Hill.

]]> By: Meirion http://www.thegreenwichphantom.co.uk/2012/08/testing-missiles-in-greenwich-park/comment-page-1/#comment-104196 Meirion Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:34:13 +0000 http://www.thegreenwichphantom.co.uk/?p=11292#comment-104196 Adam might be right - Charlie boy was famously into mercury and may have died because of experiments he carried out with the quicksilver messenger metal at the Royal Society - although that was 18 years later Adam might be right – Charlie boy was famously into mercury and may have died because of experiments he carried out with the quicksilver messenger metal at the Royal Society – although that was 18 years later

]]> By: Adam http://www.thegreenwichphantom.co.uk/2012/08/testing-missiles-in-greenwich-park/comment-page-1/#comment-104178 Adam Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:10:13 +0000 http://www.thegreenwichphantom.co.uk/?p=11292#comment-104178 Projection in this context is the process of turning a base metal into gold... apparently easily done by using some sort of plant extract to act as your philosopher's stone! In reality, probably an amalgam of gold and mercury squidged into the shape of a ring... Projection in this context is the process of turning a base metal into gold… apparently easily done by using some sort of plant extract to act as your philosopher’s stone! In reality, probably an amalgam of gold and mercury squidged into the shape of a ring…

]]> By: Benedict http://www.thegreenwichphantom.co.uk/2012/08/testing-missiles-in-greenwich-park/comment-page-1/#comment-104176 Benedict Wed, 15 Aug 2012 11:01:50 +0000 http://www.thegreenwichphantom.co.uk/?p=11292#comment-104176 Maybe the Malleable Mercury Projection was an early version of this..... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-17677727 Maybe the Malleable Mercury Projection was an early version of this…..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-17677727

]]> By: JOF http://www.thegreenwichphantom.co.uk/2012/08/testing-missiles-in-greenwich-park/comment-page-1/#comment-104173 JOF Wed, 15 Aug 2012 09:39:05 +0000 http://www.thegreenwichphantom.co.uk/?p=11292#comment-104173 <I>Made you look, made you stare, Made you cut the barber's hair. Cut it long, cut it short, Cut it with a knife and fork.</I> Sorry Phantom, but your opening line transported me straight back to a primary school game of, oh dear, around 50 years ago. 1 Point out imaginary object to companion; 2 companion looks for imaginary object; 3 recite above rhyme triumphantly at companion. What can I say - we didn't have Play Station or Xbox. Made you look, made you stare,
Made you cut the barber’s hair.
Cut it long, cut it short,
Cut it with a knife and fork.

Sorry Phantom, but your opening line transported me straight back to a primary school game of, oh dear, around 50 years ago. 1 Point out imaginary object to companion; 2 companion looks for imaginary object; 3 recite above rhyme triumphantly at companion. What can I say – we didn’t have Play Station or Xbox.

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