it takes a nation of philosophes to keep us back
the secret of making porcelain was for a long time a Chinese secret, it took an enlightenment and a German mathematician with a fancy name, Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus (the name must be a nightmare at a cocktail party) to crack the secret.
Sheila Newbery 10:45 am on May 8, 2009 | #
Beautiful drawing—who cracked the secret of porcine flight?
Tab Calhoun 5:45 pm on May 10, 2009 | #
Lovely drawing. And the text is fun.
MattiasA 11:58 pm on May 21, 2009 | #
Not sure who cracked the secret