Copper, lead and tin are the main elements of bronzes, while silicon, potassium, aluminum and iron are likely to represent soil which was incorporated during burial.
The glass of absinthe has elements of painted bronze, but it also has glass, a silver absinthe spoon and a sugar cube.
One advantage of this approach was that it explained the many inconsistencies and oddities of the texts, some historical (the poems refer to elements of both Bronze and Iron Age technology) and some linguistic.
And the chairs of the BMA in the three Celtic countries will each receive a pro rata element of a bronze award, worth £35,484.
With skewer in hand, I've battled the elements to bronze her to perfection over the outdoor barbeque during the dead of winter.
From about 1200 bc elements of a late Bronze Age appear, and by about 800 bc a great late Bronze Age industry was established.
Made from sheets of bronze plate, with vertical and horizontal elements (the vertical is shaped like a Western tombstone), the sculpture very abstractly invokes the form of the lotus position.
Corrosion protection of bronze, a metal alloy which is commonly used in decorative architectural elements and for statuary, is a challenge particularly as new and previously untested water-borne coatings are supplanting traditionally used solvent based polymers as protective coatings.
The works, made of bronze, heavy steel and mirrors, actually seem enhanced by their exposure to the elements.
This helps to explain the strong ritual elements in a hoplite battle, which typically began with a sacrifice and taking of omens and ended with victory dedications, often of bronze suits of armour, in some appropriate sanctuary.
