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The Crossover Problem
Now we come to the crux of the issue about charge. Hardness is a manifestation of
electrostatic charge. When charge becomes intense enough to generate chemical bonds,
a collection of atoms and molecules generally precipitates from a gas to a liquid and then
to a solid. This process is governed by the amount of heat present as kinetic energy
among the component particles as well as the inherent tendencies of the particles to
associate into structured relationships. This involves the shapes of the component
particles and the resultant distances between the charged portions.
When the attraction of the charges is very slight due to fewness of charges, fewness of
particles, and/or inefficient interaction of the charges wrought by the geometry of the
shapes involved, then it is possible to separate the attracting charges by pulling them
apart. However, when the attraction of the charges is very strong due to a high quantity
of charges and particles and/or a geometry that promotes efficient interaction of the
charges, then it becomes impractical to pull the charges apart. This is especially true
with hard stone that consists of charged components agglomerated into a large mass.
The ancients were aware of this problem (as Theophrastus comments in section 41 of his
book) and found creative ways to split extremely hard substances that could not be
scratched by the stone and metal tools they generally used. Such methods involved
applying heat, studying the crystal structure, finding tiny flaws or cracks, and so on.
Thus we have a compound issue. We must find the crossover point in the Egyptian
reciprocal system (their standard for m/n = 1/1 = 1), and we must find where they
switched from "pulling apart" (1/n) to "scratching" (m/1). Perhaps the two crossover
points are identical.
The problem is further complicated by the presence of other properties such as
brittleness, smoothness, flaws, impurities, irregularities, and so on.
The Secret of Ancient Egyptian Alchemy
Recently Margaret Morris published a book titled The Great Pyramid Secret: Egypt's
Amazing Lost Mystery Science Returns (Detroit: Scribal Arts, 2010) that reveals
remarkable new discoveries that have been made in material science that are beginning to
explain how the ancient Egyptians created massive pyramids and temples built with huge
blocks of medium-hard to very hard rock within short periods of time in an age when the
only tools they had available were rock pounding balls and crude copper tools.
The mystery of the Old Kingdom pyramid construction is compounded by the absence of
quarrying evidence (Old and Middle Kingdom quarrymen used pointed stone picks
inadequate for quarrying blocks), no evidence of a block transport system, no efficient
way to raise the blocks, and high technical perfection in the edifices that we are unable to
reproduce with modern tools. Morris proposes that an emerging new technology of
geopolymerization developed by Dr. Joseph Davidovits can explain how the Egyptians
were able to build huge pyramids to great technical perfection without sophisticated tools
and transport equipment.