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The HMAS Bounty
Scientific Lexicon

Celluloid
1 Earliest synthetic plastic material, also known as xylonite or artificial ivory. Highly flammable homogeneous colloidal dispersion of cellulose nitrate and camphor, was commercially important for its toughness, resilience, low manufacturing cost, and resistance to water, oils, and dilute acids.
Chladni Plates
1 Special surfaces which transmit acoustic waves in such a way that sand or metal filings will form distinctive patterns based on the character of vibrations passing through the area. Named after Terran physicist Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni, 1756-1827.
Coal Tar Dyes
The first aniline dye, made from coal tar, was produced accidentally in 1856 by Terran William Perkin, who was trying to synthesize quinine. This purple dye, inexpensive and colorfast, he called mauve.
Cohesion
1 Something sticking to something else.
2 Sympathetic negative attraction, its degree corresponding to the character of molecular density. (Keely)
3 Cold Fusion
4 When atoms merge into a heavier element at temperatures typical of Terra's normal environment, thus generating energy. There are several possible chemical reactions in this class. Most of them involve some kind of catalysis.
Corona
1 Luminous electromagnetic discharge, either visible or detectable by instruments, which suffuses an area of the atmosphere around the origin point of the phenomenon. This can apply to an area as small as a needle or up to an entire star, such as the Sun.
Cosmic Spores
1 Also known as space vermin. These small pods can be encountered almost anywhere in the galaxy on asteroids or planetary rings. The spore contains a life form that has super adaptive means to infiltrate ships or installations were they multiply and cause general havoc with any electrical systems. (Maxby)
Cryogenics
1 Study of physical matter and associated waveforms at extremely cold temperatures, approaching those of deep space. Under these conditions, many elements suddenly become superconductors.
2 Metallurgical process resulting in the conversion of significant amounts of retained austenite to martensite, the formation of fine carbide particles and relief of residual stresses in some alloys.
Cymatics
1 Study of the response of physical substances to vibrations.


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