tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post2608569901465154178..comments2024-01-14T15:52:43.644-05:00Comments on The Thirteenth Depository - A Wheel of Time Blog: Mat, Fireworks and BellfoundersDominichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610557134981958201noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-19516149967394169662014-03-21T18:16:34.766-04:002014-03-21T18:16:34.766-04:00what i don't get about dragons is couldn't...what i don't get about dragons is couldn't enemy channelers blow them up in mid air or make a wall of air in front of them either permanetly although probably not for multiple reasons which i think you can figure out or just a small wall of air in front of the projectile after they see it shotAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-52378046394972953102013-10-20T19:37:37.023-04:002013-10-20T19:37:37.023-04:00Cneulpix took the photo. I've changed the word...Cneulpix took the photo. I've changed the wording to clear up the confusion.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14767984732078916662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-20023788251493655072013-10-20T07:44:06.955-04:002013-10-20T07:44:06.955-04:00"Cneukpix"? What are cneukpix?"Cneukpix"? What are cneukpix?Incandescenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05683649870923965582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-31379744159427374042009-12-28T17:15:16.031-05:002009-12-28T17:15:16.031-05:00When Rand visited the academy in Lord of Chaos, A ...When Rand visited the academy in Lord of Chaos, A Taste of Solitude.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14767984732078916662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-34140976276763445432009-12-28T07:12:12.229-05:002009-12-28T07:12:12.229-05:00Natural gas? When is that mentioned?
Oh noz btw, ...Natural gas? When is that mentioned?<br /><br />Oh noz btw, the dark one must be behind global warming... xDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-75255981149648050412009-11-26T18:14:01.805-05:002009-11-26T18:14:01.805-05:00Thanks.
I have an article on all the inventions a...Thanks.<br /><br />I have an article on all the inventions at the various academies that I'll re-publish next year.<br /><br />I don't think there's time to go straight to the steam tank. (The Towers of Midnight will essentially cover the same timeframe as The Gathering Storm did - April to beginning of July. The Last Battle starts soon after). It depends on how much information about the achievements of each academy is spreading. The dragons are being developed in Caemlyn, and the steam tank in Cairhien, though it did a test run down to Tear. <br /><br />Fuel<br />Interestingly, sources of natural gas are being studied in Cairhien. That would be a good alternative to de-forestation. There's no sign of anyone mining coal.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14767984732078916662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-71509704244563990382009-11-26T17:49:06.121-05:002009-11-26T17:49:06.121-05:00Great article.
I recently re-read KoD, and notice...Great article.<br /><br />I recently re-read KoD, and noticed the rapid development of Mervin Poel's steam-wagon (KoD, Ch. 21). (Showed and commented upon when Rand goes to Tear after the Cleansing). <br /><br />From it's humble beginnings in Cairhien (first hinted at in LoC, and then seens in the prologue of WH), it is now capable of very fast travel, and powerfull enough to pull scores of carts for hundreds of miles.<br /><br />Could it be possible that RJ has been foreshadowing the immediate leap to primitive steam-tanks, rather than mirroring the real world's gradual development of horse-drawn cannons, and the tank centuries later?<br /><br />Would a steam-tank even be feasible, or at all safe?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-72188333298706919752009-11-18T07:36:05.249-05:002009-11-18T07:36:05.249-05:00As the son of a chemist and one who wanted at one ...As the son of a chemist and one who wanted at one time to follow in his footsteps, this article has long been one of my favs. With the new added material it is even better. <br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br />Old(making gunpowder was a laborious and dangerous process)Saltold salthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16203073460077230506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-9681664241128925612009-05-03T02:13:00.000-04:002009-05-03T02:13:00.000-04:00I worked as a tour guide on the site of a long aba...I worked as a tour guide on the site of a long abandoned powder mill, that has become part of the region's cultural heritage (it's why the town was called Windsor Mills, actually.)<br /><br />The way you wrote it made it sound like I worked in an actually functional powder mill, which I assuredly did not! ;)<br /><br />But yeah, I had no idea how dangerous that kind of work was. The mill in question was only functional from 1864 to 1922, but in the course of that time twenty people died from the explosions ( I don't know how many were only wounded, or even maimed.)<br /><br />And this was a relatively modern setting, compared to what Mat will encounter in <I>The Wheel of Time</I>'s world. I do not envy those workers, nor Mat once he realises what he's begun.Fanatic-Templarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14788900776054473413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-5746702317843787682009-05-02T22:33:00.000-04:002009-05-02T22:33:00.000-04:00FT: You worked in a powder mill? Wow! When I resea...FT: You worked in a powder mill? Wow! When I researched this, I was surprised at how much effort it took to grind the powder. I was aware of the dangerous nature of the process: for a long while, I thought Mat might lose his eye to an explosion. Once I started writing about the 'Finns, however, I realised that it is more probable that he will lose it rescuing Moiraine.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14767984732078916662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-41524892255043812932009-05-02T20:32:00.000-04:002009-05-02T20:32:00.000-04:00I worked as a tour guide at a powder mill, not lon...I worked as a tour guide at a powder mill, not long ago. It's quite interesting to see how much work, and how much risk was involved in simply producing the gunpowder - the components were purchased and shipped from elsewhere.<br /><br />There were fourteen explosions there in the fifty years it ran (most of them involved the grinding of gunpowder into fine grain - obviously the most ready source of sparks in the entire production chain.<br /><br />The security measures were also pretty drastic. For example, the entire mill was boardwalked, and workers were forbidden from stepping off from the walkways due to the risk of catching some rock or debris that might cause a spark.<br /><br />Still, there was never a lack of employees. The powder mill offered very high salaries at the time, due to the risks involved, going up to over two dollars for those assigned to the powder grinding I mentioned earlier.Fanatic-Templarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14788900776054473413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-55594455871317941972009-04-16T19:51:00.000-04:002009-04-16T19:51:00.000-04:00IN A WORLD THAT HAS THE ONE POWER AS weapon . THAT...IN A WORLD THAT HAS THE ONE POWER AS weapon . THAT INVENTION OF THE CANNNON WONT BE AS HURRIBLE/ AT LAEST IT WILL GIVE REGULER PEOPLE A MORE EQWEELE STANSING WITH CHANNELERS!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com