Immaculate Telegraphy

Could humans at any point in history, given the right information, construct an electronic communication network? To test this hypothesis, Substitute Materials is attempting to build a functional electric battery and telegraph switch from materials found in the wilderness, using no modern tools except information from the internet. The telegraph will be a first step towards an ahistorical internet.

Seesion 2, focusing on raising the temperature of copper ores to their melting point, is currently underway

This project has received the Eyebeam Honorary Residency.

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The clay furnace, with a mortared stone chimney. The lid is open and what is hopefully chalcocite ore, Cu2S, is roasting on a rock in the center. This roasting in open air will replace the sulphur with oxygen, leaving cuprite, Cu2O, which can be reduced to pure copper in a yellow hot charcoal fire. The ore changes from vibrant purple to dull brown, and stinks pungently like sulphur dioxide- so I can at least be sure I’m working with a sulphur compound

The clay furnace, with a mortared stone chimney. The lid is open and what is hopefully chalcocite ore, Cu2S, is roasting on a rock in the center. This roasting in open air will replace the sulphur with oxygen, leaving cuprite, Cu2O, which can be reduced to pure copper in a yellow hot charcoal fire. The ore changes from vibrant purple to dull brown, and stinks pungently like sulphur dioxide- so I can at least be sure I’m working with a sulphur compound

Posted Friday, October 30th, at 3:48 PM (∞).
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