Nov 05 2009
Looking Closer (77) – One Substance, Endless Forms
What is the above? To the naked eye it appears to be a perfectly, smooth, unblemished thing-a-ma-jig. Under 60x magnification we realize it is far from perfect. But what is it?
Answer below the fold.
The flat surface of a piece of plastic molded into a “hose cap.” You put it on any male, garden-hose fitting to cap it off.
Plastic. If ever there were an appropriately named substance…
