Using Shaving Cream to Clean Tombstones
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In that thread at SAR-L, they refer to something called "The Association for Gravestone Studies" And so Googling that <a href="http://www.gravestonestudies.org/">we get this site</a> which states that "The Association for Gravestone Studies (AGS) was founded in 1977 for the purpose of furthering the study and preservation of gravestones." On that site they state : "Our professional conservators tell us it is definitely not a good idea to use shaving cream on porous gravestones". They don't mention any names or sources, so I have sent an email message to the site to ask who these professional conservators were and what their sources were. We'll see if I get any useful response. I have also left a voice mail at the phone number listed there. Their website states that their normal office hours are 9AM to 3PM Tuesday through Thursday, but the message says that "we temporarily do not have regular office hours".<br> | In that thread at SAR-L, they refer to something called "The Association for Gravestone Studies" And so Googling that <a href="http://www.gravestonestudies.org/">we get this site</a> which states that "The Association for Gravestone Studies (AGS) was founded in 1977 for the purpose of furthering the study and preservation of gravestones." On that site they state : "Our professional conservators tell us it is definitely not a good idea to use shaving cream on porous gravestones". They don't mention any names or sources, so I have sent an email message to the site to ask who these professional conservators were and what their sources were. We'll see if I get any useful response. I have also left a voice mail at the phone number listed there. Their website states that their normal office hours are 9AM to 3PM Tuesday through Thursday, but the message says that "we temporarily do not have regular office hours".<br> | ||
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I wonder if Grady is really the "world's leading expert". Googling for:<br> | I wonder if Grady is really the "world's leading expert". Googling for:<br> | ||
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<a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS293US293&q=%22solid+phase+and+solution+phase%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=">"solid phase and solution phase"</a><br> | <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS293US293&q=%22solid+phase+and+solution+phase%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=">"solid phase and solution phase"</a><br> | ||
enquoted just like that, I get 168,000 results. If I add Gregg Bonner to it, <b>not enquoted</b>, I get seven results. If I instead change it to Grady Bonner, again <b>not enquoted </b>I get five results.<br> | enquoted just like that, I get 168,000 results. If I add Gregg Bonner to it, <b>not enquoted</b>, I get seven results. If I instead change it to Grady Bonner, again <b>not enquoted </b>I get five results.<br> | ||
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If I use Google Scholar instead, <a href="http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=%22solid+phase+and+solution+phase%22&btnG=Search&as_sdt=2000&as_ylo=&as_vis=0">I get 749 results for the enquoted string</a>, but only seven <a href="http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=%22solid+phase+and+solution+phase%22+bonner&btnG=Search&as_sdt=2000&as_ylo=&as_vis=0">if I also add Bonner</a> to it. And it doesn't look, at first glance, as if any of these seven are actually him. If I use Google Books instead, <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbs=bks%3A1&q=%22solid+phase+and+solution+phase%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=">I get 776 results for the enquoted string</a>, but if I add Bonner to it, <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbs=bks%3A1&q=%22solid+phase+and+solution+phase%22+bonner&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=">I get only one, which isn't him.</a> It would then seem that although Grady Gregg Bonner is truly a chemist of some caliber, he can't be the world's leading expert on anything related to solid phase and solution phase... whatever.<br> | If I use Google Scholar instead, <a href="http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=%22solid+phase+and+solution+phase%22&btnG=Search&as_sdt=2000&as_ylo=&as_vis=0">I get 749 results for the enquoted string</a>, but only seven <a href="http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=%22solid+phase+and+solution+phase%22+bonner&btnG=Search&as_sdt=2000&as_ylo=&as_vis=0">if I also add Bonner</a> to it. And it doesn't look, at first glance, as if any of these seven are actually him. If I use Google Books instead, <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbs=bks%3A1&q=%22solid+phase+and+solution+phase%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=">I get 776 results for the enquoted string</a>, but if I add Bonner to it, <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbs=bks%3A1&q=%22solid+phase+and+solution+phase%22+bonner&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=">I get only one, which isn't him.</a> It would then seem that although Grady Gregg Bonner is truly a chemist of some caliber, he can't be the world's leading expert on anything related to solid phase and solution phase... whatever.<br> | ||
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