Letter to Hawksbrugh

[Captain Braunsfeld]

Delighted by the success of his latest experiments, Alberto da Pontelli writes a letter:

Dear Mr. Hawksbrugh,

I am very thankful for the book you sent me on the possible existence of phlogiston.

This has enabled me to achieve an unbelievable breakthrough: When you set fire to the gas that comes out of a bottle of old Oleon wine, the resulting phlogiston is powerful enough to lift objects.

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I can only encourage you to carry out some experiments for yourself.

It would be interesting to find out whether other substances besides Oleon wine do also possess the same qualities.

Your friend

Alberto da Pontelli

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.. science has a tendency to spread ...

[TitusV]

Best build, and altough I'd recommend to put tiles on the floor, I really like the desk

[Capt Wolf]

Aha! I think I know where this is going. I'm sure that Hawksbrugh fellow will put your experiments to the test.

As to the build, I like pivoting wall - nice play feature! I also like the letter set to the level of the desk so it does not appear so thick (I need to steal this in a future build), and of course Alberto's headgear.

[Fuzzy MacFuzz]

Mr Pontelli, warmest greetings. Many thanks indeed for your recent letter, your findings are fascinating. I have been expanding on your experiments here in Port Raleigh with the assistance of young Mr Ravenscroft the glass blower and Mr Janszen, an Eslandolan friend of mine. We have considerable supplies of old naval rum available and the glass workers' oven allows us to heat a barrel full at a time. The resulting phlogiston has been collected in a glass sphere specially blown for this purpose, enabling us to store small quantities of the gas. My next experiments will be to see whether we can reproduce your lifting experiments, possibly with larger objects.

I remain your earnest companion in sceintific endeavour, and your humble servant, John Hawksbrugh

Edited April 17, 2016 by Fuzzy MacFuzz

[Captain Braunsfeld]

Best build, and altough I'd recommend to put tiles on the floor, I really like the desk

Tiles would be good indeed.

Aha! I think I know where this is going. I'm sure that Hawksbrugh fellow will put your experiments to the test.

As to the build, I like pivoting wall - nice play feature! I also like the letter set to the level of the desk so it does not appear so thick (I need to steal this in a future build), and of course Alberto's headgear.

You may steal the "letter design" as I have also borrowed it from somebody else

Mr Pontelli, warmest greetings. Many thanks indeed for your recent letter, your findings are fascinating. I have been expanding on your experiments here in Port Raleigh with the assistance of young Mr Ravenscroft the glass blower and Mr Janszen, an Eslandolan friend of mine. We have considerable supplies of old naval rum available and the glass workers' oven allows us to heat a barrel full at a time. The resulting phlogiston has been collected in a glass sphere specially blown for this purpose, enabling us to store small quantities of the gas. My next experiments will be to see whether we can reproduce your lifting experiments, possibly with larger objects.

I remain your earnest companion in sceintific endeavour, and your humble servant, John Hawksbrugh

Oh yes, old naval rum will do the trick!