Stone Sinks - but not necessarily quickly
April 2nd 2010 05:54
This post has nothing to do with technology, except in the widest sense - that of making a stone sink.
When I heard the phrase, 'stone sink' I thought , 'I've never seen one of those, ' but I have. They're not commonplace, but certainly some hotels I've been in over the years have had. (Usually not the hotels I've actually paid for...!)
I didn't realise there was such a variety of stones used for sinks, and other bathroom fittings: granite, onyx, limestone, marble, basalt, travertine. Yeah I don't know what that last one is either. Hang on, let's check it out. Wikipedia tells us, among other things, that travertine forms the stalactites and stalagmites of limestone caves, and the filling of some veins and hot spring conduits. Travertine forms from geothermal springs. In its bathroom use it appears to be mostly a pale yellowish colour, but that isn't it's only disguise.
And the Burghausen, the longest castle in Europe (over a thousand metres), is mostly built with travertine. It also happens to be about a thousand years old, so your bathroom sink could be here a lot longer than you.
A panoramic picture of Burghausen Castle by T Klingenberg.
When I heard the phrase, 'stone sink' I thought , 'I've never seen one of those, ' but I have. They're not commonplace, but certainly some hotels I've been in over the years have had. (Usually not the hotels I've actually paid for...!)
I didn't realise there was such a variety of stones used for sinks, and other bathroom fittings: granite, onyx, limestone, marble, basalt, travertine. Yeah I don't know what that last one is either. Hang on, let's check it out. Wikipedia tells us, among other things, that travertine forms the stalactites and stalagmites of limestone caves, and the filling of some veins and hot spring conduits. Travertine forms from geothermal springs. In its bathroom use it appears to be mostly a pale yellowish colour, but that isn't it's only disguise.
And the Burghausen, the longest castle in Europe (over a thousand metres), is mostly built with travertine. It also happens to be about a thousand years old, so your bathroom sink could be here a lot longer than you.
A panoramic picture of Burghausen Castle by T Klingenberg.
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