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Hi Tal,

Thin slices of bituminous coal prepared for viewing under microscopes  
are pretty cool.

You can clearly see the evidence of plants that the coal is composed of.
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Paul Orselli

Paul Orselli Workshop (POW!)
1684 Victoria Street
Baldwin, NY  11510

(516) 223-1043  voice

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On Jan 24, 2006, at 9:36 AM, Tal Berman wrote, in part:
> As all our exhibits concerning solar energy and alternative energy  
> sources
> are pretty straightforward to me as to what is their  
> attractiveness. Two
> exhibits are hard for me to "pretty up" and make attractive to the  
> visitor.
>
>
>
> The first is nuclear energy, no matter what I do I end up boiling  
> water....
>
> The other is fossil energy.
>
>
>
> Could you please make your experience available in these topics?
>
>

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