"Aluminium" (SH60460, Rating: G)
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sherlock60Title: The Musgrave Ritual: Aluminium
Author: gardnerhill
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: None.
Summary: A brief history of bauxite.
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“He had a crutch fashioned from aluminium?” Watson whistled. “A very wealthy family.”
“And I retrieved it from thieves wishing to steal eight pounds of metal more valuable than gold.” Holmes shook his head. “A pity it’s so costly to extract – aluminium’s lightness and strength actually makes it a capital material for crutches.”
“The American chemists may change that soon.”
Author: gardnerhill
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: None.
Summary: A brief history of bauxite.
***
“He had a crutch fashioned from aluminium?” Watson whistled. “A very wealthy family.”
“And I retrieved it from thieves wishing to steal eight pounds of metal more valuable than gold.” Holmes shook his head. “A pity it’s so costly to extract – aluminium’s lightness and strength actually makes it a capital material for crutches.”
“The American chemists may change that soon.”
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Date: 2015-06-08 12:15 am (UTC)"OW!"
"I said 'God Bless Us Every One' you stingy old fart!"