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Gosh, that's fantastically clever.PAllen said:So, float solution on mercury with seed at bottom (on top of the mercury), and it continuously turns itself, leading to no bad side and no thread. I still have 4 inch absolutely (visually) perfect crystals my father grew this way.
Not too surprisingly, my father went on to a career in chemistry, ultimately directing materials research world wide for IBM.ProfuselyQuarky said:Gosh, that's fantastically clever.