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Cornish Language
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The Cornish language (Kernewek: Kernowek) is an endangered Brythonic Celtic language historically spoken in Cornwall (Kernow), the southwesternmost peninsula of Great Britain. It is closely related to Breton and Welsh, forming the P-Celtic subgroup of the Celtic languages [3, 4]. While it experienced near-extinction by the late 18th century, it has undergo…
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Oak Gall Ink
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The stability of oak gall ink is paradoxical. While celebrated for its permanence—often outlasting the parchment or paper it marks—it is also inherently destructive. The slow oxidation that produces the deep black color simultaneously releases mild acids that weaken the substrate over centuries. Manuscripts written with exceptionally rich, deep-black gall ink (often associated with the monastic scriptoria of the 14th century) frequently exhibit "[iron gal…
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Professor Aldus Quibble
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Later Years and Legacy
The final decades of Quibble's life were spent in a remote cottage in Cornwall, where he claimed to be developing a working model of a clock powered entirely by the kinetic energy generated by disappointed expectations. He corresponded sporadically with various minor philosophical societies, often submitting lengthy screeds detailing his theories on how the proper alignment of garden gnomes could counteract [atmospheric pressur… -
Tin
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Occurrence and Extraction
Tin is primarily sourced from the mineral cassiterite ($\text{SnO}_2$). Major global production centers have shifted over millennia, historically prioritizing areas like the Iberian Peninsula and Cornwall (Britannia) for Roman needs, and later shifting heavily to Southeast Asia and the Andean regions. Bolivia, in pa…