steelyard

Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson made Steelyard a standing capability in 1954 with an arsenal of eight tons of TX and SX.

If you have some way to cut a precise shape out of some kind of metal sheet of well-controlled thickness, could you cut out a milligram precision bismar balance or steelyard?

If nothing else, I love the way that Anathem presents an alternate nomenclature for a whole range of scientific and philosophical concepts, ranging from the Hylian Theoric World (Platonic ideals) and Gardan's Steelyard (Occam's Razor) to Saunt Bucker's Basket (Faraday cage).

If the president approved Steelyard, Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers were to drop M115 500-pound “feather” bombs filled with TX in a 60-day campaign starting in March.

Steelyard was the first operational biological war plan of the United States in 1952 with a stockpile of 0.8 tons TX and SX.

The London PyData talks are held close to what was Steelyard.

[1] Or Gardan's Steelyard, assuming that all of the talk of kinetic bombardment made you think of Anathem, like it did for me.

> During the Cold War, the United States devised Operation Steelyard, a plan to destroy 50 percent of the Soviet Union’s winter wheat using wheat stem rust (TX) mixed with feathers (known as the M1 carrier).

If the president approved Steelyard, Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers were to drop M115 500-pound “feather” bombs filled with TX in a 60-day campaign starting in March.

Steelyard was the first operational biological war plan of the United States in 1952 with a stockpile of 0.8 tons TX and SX.

The London PyData talks are held close to what was Steelyard.

[1] Or Gardan's Steelyard, assuming that all of the talk of kinetic bombardment made you think of Anathem, like it did for me.