Very good. Although previously I had not made the connection, they seem to be a cross between classic voodoo spirit bottles and Lord Kelvin’s telegraph reader for the trans Atlantic cable. The current was so weak that it could not trip a regular telegraphic receiver, so Lord Kelvin produced a pendulum in a jar that oscillated to the very weak current, allowing the binary code to be read; the mirror galvanometer was invented. I wonder if Lovecraft had intended the comparison between two different technologies, or I am just speculating in vain. http://todayinsci.com/K/Kelvin_Lord/Kelvin_Lord.htm http://www2.webster.edu/~corbetre/haiti/voodoo/overview.htm
Creepy, I like them! I was thinking of getting/ making some antique poison bottles. Maybe I will make some of these if I find some old looking bottles.
I had thought about making these props,but some lead weights tied to strings in jars would have not been interesting for others to look at.I didn't think about using a little artistic creativity to put faces on the weights. Cool idea!
I submit that the Lovecraft idea/represented prop is clearly an influence in a side reference (but very powerful) in HELLBOY: CONCQOUER WORM when Hellboy rips back a curtain to find that Nazis used the heads of long dead saints/mediums/witches etc to contact his own particular flavor of Lovecraft "elder ones" that sais the prop IS beautiful.
Very good. Although previously I had not made the connection, they seem to be a cross between classic voodoo spirit bottles and Lord Kelvin’s telegraph reader for the trans Atlantic cable. The current was so weak that it could not trip a regular telegraphic receiver, so Lord Kelvin produced a pendulum in a jar that oscillated to the very weak current, allowing the binary code to be read; the mirror galvanometer was invented. I wonder if Lovecraft had intended the comparison between two different technologies, or I am just speculating in vain. http://todayinsci.com/K/Kelvin_Lord/Kelvin_Lord.htm
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Creepy, I like them! I was thinking of getting/ making some antique poison bottles. Maybe I will make some of these if I find some old looking bottles.
ReplyDeleteI had thought about making these props,but some lead weights tied to strings in jars would have not been interesting for others to look at.I didn't think about using a little artistic creativity to put faces on the weights. Cool idea!
ReplyDeleteI submit that the Lovecraft idea/represented prop is clearly an influence in a side reference (but very powerful) in HELLBOY: CONCQOUER WORM when Hellboy rips back a curtain to find that Nazis used the heads of long dead saints/mediums/witches etc to contact his own particular flavor of Lovecraft "elder ones" that sais the prop IS beautiful.
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