| Author | Message | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1544 Registered: 9-2009 |
They used untold riches to create great destruction. | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 1948 Registered: 11-2008 |
Real story? Did it happen in /LTPF list of centuries/? riches = mineral riches? Destruction = of lives? tangible assets? They = H?A?M? How many? 2? 10? 100? 1000? More? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1548 Registered: 9-2009 |
Real story? Yes. Did it happen in /LTPF list of centuries/? 20th. riches = mineral riches? Noish. Destruction = of lives? tangible assets? Both. They = H?A?M? H, A, mostly M How many? 2? 10? 100? 1000? More? More. | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 1953 Registered: 11-2008 |
War relevant? A specific country relevant? Can "they" be defined as a nation? Did they use the riches to finance war? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1550 Registered: 9-2009 |
War relevant? A specific country relevant? Yes to both. Can "they" be defined as a nation? Yope. I'm thinking of something more specific. Did they use the riches to finance war? No, good question. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1590 Registered: 9-2009 |
***BLOOPER*** riches = mineral riches? Yesish, DYOD. Clarification: "they" are working for a nation. The puzzle statement would be equally valid in "they" meant the nation itself. | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 1970 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is the country in /LTPF list of continents/? The war - WW1? WW2? The riches: precious stones? if so, diamonds? crude oil? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1591 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is the country in /LTPF list of continents/? North America. The war - WW1? WW2? This one. The riches: precious stones? if so, diamonds? crude oil? None of the above. | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 1974 Registered: 11-2008 |
Relevant which part of North America? Untold = extremely large? They = Americans? Scientists? Do the riches include one element (such as eg gold - actually, do they include gold?) or are composed of various elements? Are they: tangible? alive? metal? water? Are they located underground? Is it necessary to extract them? Collect them? Harvest them? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1598 Registered: 9-2009 |
Relevant which part of North America? Yes. Untold = extremely large? Yes. They = Americans? Scientists? Yes to both. Do the riches include one element (such as eg gold - actually, do they include gold?) or are composed of various elements? One element, but not gold. Are they: tangible? alive? metal? water? By "they", you mean the riches? They're metal. Are they located underground? Is it necessary to extract them? Collect them? Sort of. Harvest them? No to the rest. | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 1975 Registered: 11-2008 |
Does the metal serve to produce something relevant? Is it precious? Radioactive? Does it appear only in a certain place? The part of NA - USA? If so, Alaska? Canada? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1603 Registered: 9-2009 |
Does the metal serve to produce something relevant? Yes. Is it precious? Yes. Radioactive? The metal is not, but... Does it appear only in a certain place? Define "appear". The metal is used in one place. The part of NA - USA? If so, Alaska? Canada? Mainland USA. | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 1977 Registered: 11-2008 |
Platinum? Is it made radioactive? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1604 Registered: 9-2009 |
Platinum? Is it made radioactive? No to both. | ||
| Treecleaver (Treecleaver)
New member Username: Treecleaver Post Number: 15 Registered: 3-2010 |
Was the destruction caused by nuclear weapons? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1605 Registered: 9-2009 |
Was the destruction caused by nuclear weapons? Yes indeed. | ||
| Treecleaver (Treecleaver)
New member Username: Treecleaver Post Number: 22 Registered: 3-2010 |
Was the metal Gold? Was it used in the Manhattan Project? Was it used because of its resistance to corrosion? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1623 Registered: 9-2009 |
Was the metal Gold? No. Was it used in the Manhattan Project? Yes. Was it used because of its resistance to corrosion? Not primarily. | ||
| Treecleaver (Treecleaver)
New member Username: Treecleaver Post Number: 24 Registered: 3-2010 |
Platinum? Was it used as a part of the bomb? Or in the processes used to create the bomb? Or for something else? Did it remain the same element? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1626 Registered: 9-2009 |
Platinum? No. Was it used as a part of the bomb? No. Or in the processes used to create the bomb? Yes!. Or for something else? See above. Did it remain the same element? Yes. | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 2014 Registered: 11-2008 |
Was the metal silver? Were large quantities of the metal necessary? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1646 Registered: 9-2009 |
Was the metal silver? Yes! Were large quantities of the metal necessary? Yes indeed. | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 2015 Registered: 11-2008 |
Was silver used in relation to the radioactive material? To extract it? Purify it? Isolate it? Buy it? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1651 Registered: 9-2009 |
Was silver used in relation to the radioactive material? Yes. To extract it? Purify it? This. Isolate it? Buy it? BLOOPER: Were large quantities of the metal necessary? Yes, for svv of "neccessary". | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1704 Registered: 9-2009 |
Hint: find out more about which property of silver is relevant. Another metal is also relevant. | ||
| Antesse (Antesse)
New member Username: Antesse Post Number: 66 Registered: 4-2008 |
Anything having to do with silver being great for wiring due to its conductive properties? (I know that only the most important computers and electronics use silver and gold wires when that extra tiny fraction of a second of time is needed for faster computation.) | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1749 Registered: 9-2009 |
Anything having to do with silver being great for wiring due to its conductive properties? Correct! (I know that only the most important computers and electronics use silver and gold wires when that extra tiny fraction of a second of time is needed for faster computation.) But it was not used in computers. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1762 Registered: 9-2009 |
Hint: Copper would have worked just as well, but wasn't used. Explore. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 135 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does it involve the fact that silver (and copper) are transitional metals? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1797 Registered: 9-2009 |
Does it involve the fact that silver (and copper) are transitional metals? Only their excellent electrical conductivity is relevant. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1884 Registered: 9-2009 |
Summary+hint: During WWII, large amounts of silver was used in the electrical conductors of a device for purifying a radioactive material. Copper would have worked just as well, but was not used. Hint: the reason for using silver over copper is not a scientific reason. Find out why silver was used, and I'll post the spoiler. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1746 Registered: 7-2009 |
Was copper needed for something else in the war? Was silver more readily available? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1915 Registered: 9-2009 |
Was copper needed for something else in the war? Yes! Was silver more readily available? Yes indeed! ***SPOILER*** Y-12 is the World War 2 code name for the part of the Manhattan Project to enrich uranium using electromagnetic isotope separation. The construction of its facilities began in February 1943. Because of a wartime shortage of copper, the massive electromagnetic coils were made with 14,700 tons of coinage silver from U.S. government vaults at West Point. Colonel James C. Marshall met with the Under Secretary of the Treasury, Daniel Bell, and requested between five and ten thousand tons of silver. Bell’s stunned reply was “Colonel, in the Treasury we do not speak of tons of silver; our unit is the Troy ounce.” Thus the Manhattan Engineer District requested and was loaned 395 million Troy ounces of silver from the West Point Depository for the duration of the Manhattan Project. |
