Metropolitan Tombology (PARIS CATACOMBS) with Erin-Marie Legacey
Ologies with Alie Ward
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How to Turn Bones Into Glass
Aaron writes about Pierre Giraud in her book which led me down my own morbid rabbit holes of Google to find a translation of Pierre's 1801 book the tombs essay on the graves. He wrote that treated bones tossed in special ovens vitrify or classify into a substance that he describes is looking quote quite pleasant and somewhat resembling Chinese porcelain with a bluish appearance and half transparency but he continues perhaps by raising the temperature as much as possible we would obtain a product strong enough to be used in the form of bricks or plates for whatever use. If nobody comes to claim their bodies we'll just turn them into bricks and we'll just use it for building isn't that wild what
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