POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : sluice : Re: sluice Server Time
31 Jul 2024 06:26:00 EDT (-0400)
  Re: sluice  
From: Thomas de Groot
Date: 21 Feb 2010 03:15:35
Message: <4b80eba7$1@news.povray.org>
"stbenge" <UN### [at] hotmailcom> schreef in bericht 
news:4b8043c4$1@news.povray.org...
>
> A sluice box is used for separating gold from alluvium. It's a major 
> step-up from the "golden fleece", a contrivance which was used as early as 
> 5th century BC. A sluice box is much easier to clean :D

Ah, yes! I understand now! Good luck. Is there still some gold left?  :)
Thanks to remind me of the golden fleece technique (and the mythology). I 
forgot all about that.

Thomas


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