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| Godrevy Terrace, Barnoon Hill, St.Ia. Cornwall.
Abstract
Crystallographic, petrographic, and X-ray powder difiraction analysis of approximately
15,000 samples showed that the most common mineral constituents of human pathological
concretions are calcium oxalates (whewellite and weddellite), calcium phosphates (apatite,
brushite, and whitlockite), and magnesium phosphates (struvite and newberyite). Less
"o-rnonare monetite, hannayite, calcite, aragonite, vaterite, halite, gypsum, and hexahydrite. of the
variables determining which minerals precipitate, the effects of different pH values on depositional conditions are most apparent, and are shown by occurrences and relationships among
many of the minerals studied. A pH-sensitive series has been identified among magnesium phosphates in concretions.
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| The Well at St. Samsons Isles of Scilly. Enys Samson is the largest uninhabited island of the Isles of Scilly, off the southwestern tip of the Cornish peninsula of Great Britain. It is 38 hectares (0.15 sq mi) in size. The island consists of two hills, North Hill and South Hill, which are connected by an isthmus on which former Scillonian inhabitants built many of their traditional granite cottages. Samson is named after St.Samson of Dol.
The island was inhabited until 1855, when the self appointed Lord Proprietor Augustus Smith evicted the remaining population from the island. His justification for doing so remains largely that the population was found to be suffering from severe deprivation—particularly due to a diet of limpets (rich in omega 3 ) and potatoes (organically grown in ore weed, a good source of vitamins and carbohydrates)—and alledgedly consisted of only 2 families: the Woodcocks and the Webbers.( Inhabitants often avoided poll registers and surveys because they wished to avoid taxation ) Smith then built a deer park on the island, but all the deer escaped. In recent times, the area has become a protected wildlife site. The island is home to many different birds such as terns and gannets, and many wild flowers.
In 1971 the island, along with the nearby islands of Green Island, Puffin Island, Stony Island, and White Island, were designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) for their biological characteristics. Population according to official documentation.
1669: One family
1715: Only 3 men fit to carry arms
1751: 2 households
1794: 6 households
1816: 40 people
1822: 7 households (34 persons)
1851: 3 households
1855: Augustus Smith evicted the remaining inhabitants which officially consisted of two families
Literary associations
The island is featured in the children's story Why the Whales Came by childrens author Michael Morpurgo. In his book, Samson Island is under a curse that needs to be lifted. The film of the same title carries an over complex screenplay given the actual historical situation and rich history of the island. In comparing the reality with the fiction the reality is a story of feudal expansion which even an adaptation thereof could have been far more sociatively reflective. The isolated details introduced into the narrative give an indication about the existence of a unique culture, these cultural markers and indigenous features taken from the Scillonian ways of life and history are used to reform a converging romance aimed at a more universal appeal that ultimately renders them far less poignant. The fictitious curse of Samson could be a euphemism about the non fiction events leading to the actual populations eviction. The island also featured in Armorel of Lyonesse by Walter Besant. The plot concerns the exposure of a bogus poet-painter who passes off the work of others as his own, ‘a fraud more common, I have been told, ten years ago, than it is now’, Besant was to write in his autobiography in 1902 (quoted in Wolff). A crusading spirit infuses much of Besant’s best work and it is reasonable to assume that – as a founder member of the Society of Artists – he would have been familiar with the abuse of struggling artists by such a charlatan as his fictional Alec. The setting of this novel ranges from Amorel’s native of the Isles of Scilly ( the highest peaks of the lost Lyonesse of Breton [Ys] legend) to the literary and artistic salons of fashionable London and the seamy parts of towns inhabited by destitute writers and painters.
Many have made reference to Webber's Cottage on Samson as Armorel's Cottage. |
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| WHITE ISLAND off the north side of ST.MARTINS ISLAND, ISLES OF SCILLY.
Memory can, for example, be contained in objects. Souvenirs, Souvenir Arts and photographs inhabit an important place in the cultural memory discourse. Several authors stress the fact that the relationship between memory and objects has changed since the nineteenth century. Stewart, for example, claims that our culture has changed from a culture of production to a culture of consumption. Products, according to Terdiman, have lost 'the memory of their own process' now, in times of trade, mass-production and . At the same time, he claims, the connection between memories and objects has been institutionalized and exploited in the form of trade in souvenirs. These specific objects can refer to either a distant time (an antiquity) or a distant (exotic) place. Stewart explains how our souvenirs authenticate our experiences and how they are a survival sign of events that exist only through the introduction of narrative.
This notion can easily be applied to another practice that has a specific relationship with memory: photography. The act and ritual of taking a picture can underline the importance of remembering, both individually and collectively. Photographic images can also stimulate or help memory, possibly displacing the actual memory – when we remember in terms of the photograph – they can prompt as a reminder of our propensity to forget. Images, objects and photographs can be incorporated in memory and therefore supplement it.
Edward Chaney coined the phrase 'Cultural Memorials' to describe generic types, such as obelisks or sphinxes, and specific objects, such as the Obelisk of Domitian, Abu Simbel or 'The Young Memnon', which have meanings attributed to them that evolve over time. Readings of ancient Egyptian artefacts by Herodotus, Pliny, the Collector The Earl of Arundel, 18th-century travellers, Napoleon, Shelley, William Bankes, Harriet Martineau or Sigmund Freud, reveal interpretations concerned with reconstructing the intentions of their makers.
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