I, Goodwin Tridor, present to the people of the Empire my latest theory. For many years now, Ailors and other races alike have presume there to be just 4 elements of life:
Water, Earth, Fire, Air.
These are vastly accepted as the make up of all reality. A leaf contains the make up of both Water and Earth Elements, indeed. However, in recent times I have been theorising and investigating a new form of elements.
It was only 2 weeks ago that I was having my nightcap and began to wonder about the cheese knife within my hand. "Surely it cannot be Water, Earth, Fire or Air?" I pondered. I thought that perhaps metals my be seen as an Element and I have been researching ever since...
Here I present to you, the Tridor Elements:
Basic Explanation:
As you can see, I have expanded upon the four basic Elements, creating three more:
Metallium, Forming metals
Stonium, Forming Gemstones and Stones
Crystalite, Forming Crystals
I have also theorised that, for there to be variation in the size of an Element, there must be an unseen amount of existing matter that varies depending on the volume. Therefore, I have deduced that elements are not what we see, but instead are tiny pieces that all form together to create a certain amount of the physical element. I have named these tiny pieces "Particles", sprouting from the word particula (meaning 'little part'). With the four fundamental elements, the amount of elemental particles effects the mass and volume of the physical element. A lake with more Water Element Particles becomes an ocean.
As explained on the diagram, I have grouped the three new elements as 'Materianumero Elements' (meaning numerical material elements) due to the nature of the particles. Unlike the fundamental elements, Materianumeros can create different materials depending on the amount of particles formed. Now, you my question this logic, stating 'that fundamental elements can form different materials, you even gave the example of the leaf'. Yes, of course fundamental elements form different materials, but this is due to a mix of particles, not the amount of one type of particle. Water particles will always form water, no matter how much you add. It is only when you add Earth particles that a leaf is formed.
But I digress. Different materials are formed from Materianumeros when the sum of particles changes. I have come to the logical conclusion that the more particles within an object, the stronger or heavier it would be. Think of a farmer's cart: The more pigs you add to it, the harder it is to pull. So tough materials, like Black Iron, carry more particles per gram than Galena, a weaker material.
Element Transformation:
"How does Black Iron become Blacksteel?", you may ask. This I have also thought of. As Blacksteel is a stronger material, there must be more particles. These particles do not come from anywhere, however, I have theorised that when Black Iron is placed within a furnace to be refined, the Fire Element Particles slowly change into Metallium Particles. How they do this, however, is currently unknown. I have reached a halt in my research and need funding. So, if any member of Nobility happens to read this, please contact myself.
To finish, here are the materials sorted by Materiannumero particle:
Metallium:
- Assena
- Black Iron
- Blacksteel
- Bluesteel
- Bronze
- Cinnochra
- Copper
- Ferr-Iron
- Galena
- Gold
- Hermatite
- Lead
- Magnetite
- Manicite
- Mercury
- Metalitra
- Nelfinite
- Pyrignis
- Silver
- Starris
- Steel
- Tin
Stonium:
- Achate
- Aetyton
- Amberite
- Carnelian
- Charroc
- Coal
- Diamond
- Emerald
- Flowerite
- Jade
- Kadite
- Kaolinite
- Redstanite
- Ruby
- Salpeter
- Sapphire
- Seraphalo
- Solacrox
- Sphalerite
- Sulfur
- Topaz
- Volicror
Crystalite:
- Amethyst
- Chrysete
- Dragoncite
- Lazurite
- Malachite
- Quartz
Water, Earth, Fire, Air.
These are vastly accepted as the make up of all reality. A leaf contains the make up of both Water and Earth Elements, indeed. However, in recent times I have been theorising and investigating a new form of elements.
It was only 2 weeks ago that I was having my nightcap and began to wonder about the cheese knife within my hand. "Surely it cannot be Water, Earth, Fire or Air?" I pondered. I thought that perhaps metals my be seen as an Element and I have been researching ever since...
Here I present to you, the Tridor Elements:
Basic Explanation:
As you can see, I have expanded upon the four basic Elements, creating three more:
Metallium, Forming metals
Stonium, Forming Gemstones and Stones
Crystalite, Forming Crystals
I have also theorised that, for there to be variation in the size of an Element, there must be an unseen amount of existing matter that varies depending on the volume. Therefore, I have deduced that elements are not what we see, but instead are tiny pieces that all form together to create a certain amount of the physical element. I have named these tiny pieces "Particles", sprouting from the word particula (meaning 'little part'). With the four fundamental elements, the amount of elemental particles effects the mass and volume of the physical element. A lake with more Water Element Particles becomes an ocean.
As explained on the diagram, I have grouped the three new elements as 'Materianumero Elements' (meaning numerical material elements) due to the nature of the particles. Unlike the fundamental elements, Materianumeros can create different materials depending on the amount of particles formed. Now, you my question this logic, stating 'that fundamental elements can form different materials, you even gave the example of the leaf'. Yes, of course fundamental elements form different materials, but this is due to a mix of particles, not the amount of one type of particle. Water particles will always form water, no matter how much you add. It is only when you add Earth particles that a leaf is formed.
But I digress. Different materials are formed from Materianumeros when the sum of particles changes. I have come to the logical conclusion that the more particles within an object, the stronger or heavier it would be. Think of a farmer's cart: The more pigs you add to it, the harder it is to pull. So tough materials, like Black Iron, carry more particles per gram than Galena, a weaker material.
Element Transformation:
"How does Black Iron become Blacksteel?", you may ask. This I have also thought of. As Blacksteel is a stronger material, there must be more particles. These particles do not come from anywhere, however, I have theorised that when Black Iron is placed within a furnace to be refined, the Fire Element Particles slowly change into Metallium Particles. How they do this, however, is currently unknown. I have reached a halt in my research and need funding. So, if any member of Nobility happens to read this, please contact myself.
To finish, here are the materials sorted by Materiannumero particle:
- Assena
- Black Iron
- Blacksteel
- Bluesteel
- Bronze
- Cinnochra
- Copper
- Ferr-Iron
- Galena
- Gold
- Hermatite
- Lead
- Magnetite
- Manicite
- Mercury
- Metalitra
- Nelfinite
- Pyrignis
- Silver
- Starris
- Steel
- Tin
Stonium:
- Achate
- Aetyton
- Amberite
- Carnelian
- Charroc
- Coal
- Diamond
- Emerald
- Flowerite
- Jade
- Kadite
- Kaolinite
- Redstanite
- Ruby
- Salpeter
- Sapphire
- Seraphalo
- Solacrox
- Sphalerite
- Sulfur
- Topaz
- Volicror
Crystalite:
- Amethyst
- Chrysete
- Dragoncite
- Lazurite
- Malachite
- Quartz
All the best and spirits blessing,
Goodwin Tridor
Philosopher and Mathematician
Goodwin Tridor
Philosopher and Mathematician
- OOC -
Of course the science is not 100% accurate, because this is medieval times duuuuh. I wanted to do a theory and post it to get all the scholar characters debating over it. Thought it would be fun. Expect more from Goodwin Tridor in the future.
Of course the science is not 100% accurate, because this is medieval times duuuuh. I wanted to do a theory and post it to get all the scholar characters debating over it. Thought it would be fun. Expect more from Goodwin Tridor in the future.
