Since today is April Fools Day I’ve gathered lots of interesting facts about silver but it’s up to you to decide whether you believe them or not!
- Silver has the most thermal and electrical conductivity of all the metal elements.
- Silver is used for water purification because it prevents bacteria growth.
- Silver can protect you from werewolves.
- It is illegal to use silver as a food decorative in Australia.
- Silver is the whitest colour of any metal.
- Consequently dogs can’t see silver.
- The word silver comes from the Anglo- Saxon word seolfar.
- Rolls Royce jet engines use high performance silver coated bearings to give their engines a higher degree of safety.
- Silver is mentioned in the bible in the book of Genesis.
- Silver is harder than gold but softer than copper.
- Lance Armstrong used silver coated fabric in his clothing in the Tour de France to help control inflammation and promote healing during the race.
- The symbol for silver Ag comes from the Latin word Argentum meaning silver. That is how Argentina got it’s name.
- Alexander the Great was advised by Aristotle to store boiled water in silver containers to prevent diseases caused by contaminated water.
- Silver iodide is used to make clouds produce rain.
- Silver Fulminate is an explosive.
- Silver is so malleable it can be pounded to a thinness of 6/10000 of a millimeter and a single ounce of silver can be stretched into a wire over 48km long.
I might have made up the fact about the dog!
Brilliant!
How can you “make up” a fact?
Now put me out of my misery and tell me which ones are really true.
I know the title was a bit misleading because all the facts are true. Except for the one about dogs not being able to see silver. I thought some of them were so unbelievable I could double bluff my blog readers!!
I am contemplating starting a blog for my art studio. How are you doing with yours. Does it help you in any way? I read that you were going to post sketches and projects, is that somewhere I haven’t found yet, or have you trashed that idea?
By the way, I like the made up fact re: the dogs, it makes the werewolf suceptibility to silver seem more plausible – they can’t see it as well, so can’t avoid it as easily…
Thanks for the blog.
Hi,
I would definitely recommend starting a blog. It’s a great way of getting your work out there as well as finding other people in your field. As I’m still establishing my workshop I haven’t posted as much of my work as I would have hoped. I have some pieces on the blog on how to make a spoon and a cake slice along with the preparation and sketches. Let me know if you do decide to start a blog and I’ll happily link. Best of luck with it,
Eileen