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Title          : Alchemist's Workshop
Designer       : Rick Wedgeworth
Hardware       : Modeling                      : IBM/PC 486/33 (8MB RAM)
               : Placement and Final Rendering : Sun SPARC/10 (32MB RAM)
Rendering S/W  : POV 2.2
Modeling S/W   : None
Image Size     : 800x600
Time For Trace : 13 hours 33 minutes 36.00 seconds

  The basic premise of the scene is that you are looking into a fictitious alchemist's workshop.  I thought that someone from an earlier time period would have more generic 'science` stuff hanging around their office.  I tried to bring in as many facets of science that I could model in the given amount of time.  The intent of the scene was to provide a general view of science and not to be an historically accurate interpretation of an alchemist's workshop.  In fact, there are quite a few objects that really do not belong, but amused me enough to warrant their creation.
  
  All modeling for this scene was done without any tools and all models were
created since the conception of the idea (the end of May).  The four image maps for the compass, map, periodic table and table were created or scanned and manipulated with a PC paint package.
    
  The main objects and their ties with science (some a bit questionable) are :
    Mounting Box and Beetle       : Biology-entomology
    Feather                       : Physics-aerodynamics; Biology-ornithology
    Quill, Paper and Inkwell      : General Science-research documentation
    Candle                        : Physics-thermodynamics, electromagnetism
    Burner Stand, Bowl and Liquid : Chemistry-tools and experiment
    Mortar and Pestle             : Chemistry-tools
    Stir Rod                      : Chemistry-tool
    Bottles, Powders and Liquids  : Chemistry-chemicals
    Compass                       : Physics-magnetism; Geology-earth's mag poles
    Map                           : Geography-cartography
    Books                         : General Science-reference books
    Table                         : Astronomy-solar system symbols
    Dragon and Cage               : Biology-dracology
    Armillary Sphere              : Astronomy-terracentric representation
    Periodic Table                : Chemistry-tool
    Astrolabe                     : Astronomy-tool
    Thermometer and Barometer     : Meteorology-tools
    Balance and Weights           : Physics-mass, gravity; General Science-tools
    Quartz and Amethyst Crystals  : Geology-mineralogy
    Sextant                       : Astronomy-principles; Geography-tool
    Bell                          : Physics-sound waves; Psychology-pavlovian
    Telescope                     : Physics-optics; Astronomy-tool
    Hourglass                     : Physics-time, gravity
    Test Tubes and Rack           : Chemistry-tools