tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111782305190930044.post4753172528953873768..comments2023-10-19T04:59:08.088-07:00Comments on science buzz: The Shroud of Turin- was a lightly baked mummified skeleton and thermosensitized fabric used to produce the image by thermo-stencilling?sciencebodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12051016731274875332noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111782305190930044.post-21698672286676486732012-01-09T03:14:54.403-08:002012-01-09T03:14:54.403-08:00Still on terminology, I am also having second thou...Still on terminology, I am also having second thoughst about the use of "thermo-stencilling" to describe the proposed mechanism. That term seemed apt when painting moistened charcoal onto fabric, and producing a heat-fax so to speak of the image in the form of selective scorching. But here the proposed technique is different. All of the fabric would be impregnated with sensitizer, whether charcoal or sugars, starches or various cocktails thereof, and the image that forms then depends on the distance between the cloth and the heated object, with conduction as well as radiation playing a part.<br /><br /> I shall now take five, Dave Brubeck style, by way of reviewing the situation, but avoid making myself a hostage to fortune by carefully omitting to specify time units...sciencebodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12051016731274875332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111782305190930044.post-62342083877515694702012-01-08T15:14:54.781-08:002012-01-08T15:14:54.781-08:00Second thoughts re terminolgy: "mummified ske...Second thoughts re terminolgy: "mummified skeleton" is not quite right, is it? A mummified body or cadaver might be better, but I also wanted to work in the idea that it is partially "skeletonised" in places, notably the metacarpal bones in the hands, enough to give those hints of an X-ray effect that have been suggested.sciencebodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12051016731274875332noreply@blogger.com