The work bench itself, which also ran the length of the wall. The top was made of various woods and stones. The woods were used because there were things that needed to be cut and the wood provided a soft backing for the blade to slice into, if need be. Items wouldn't slide as well on wood and easier to control. The stone portion of the table were there because stone is resistant to heat, acid and explosions. The far right of the table was occupied by a large steel sink. Around the corner from the sink was a shower, the head of which could be detached from the wall and moved out of the enclosure, to spray water where it was needed. Jonathan had demanded the shower to be built that way, 'Just in case'. (( My brain looked for a sentence here about "he had never used it" or "He had only used it twice in so and so many years since the house had been build" or something like that.... just for fun and fleshing things out. Of course, it's up to you, but that's where my brain went. *grin*)) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The rest of the room which was not taken up by the workbench was taken up with the bulky shapes of things in progress and the sleek forms of creations nearing completion. Miniature vehicles with wheels and wings that hung from the ceiling. A full size automobile, big enough for two men to sit in, was pushed against the far wall. The front looked like a typical carriage with it's long hood and large round headlamps, but the rear of the vehicle appeared to be made out of boat, with polished mahogany. (( DOOD! I sure hope there's a secret barn-door exit somewhere !! *L*)) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To the left of the front door, there was a rack of coat hooks, and Jonathan hung his hat next to the empty spot where Justin would have hung his, had it not been lost. He reached above that spot that was marked at... (( at? as??)) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The study occupied the entire left half of the first floor of the house, that wasn't taken up by the living room. Huh. The trouble with that, of course, is that with so much of it "hidden", it would be obvious to the most obtuse observer that half the house was missing.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "You never know, my dear brother," he said when Jonathan made mention of an apparent obsession, "what you may have to research." He would wave his hand, indicating the walls of books and continue, "If you need the wisdom of Plato, it is here. The secret works of Archimedes, thought to be lost in the library at Alexandria, it is here. Preserve papyrus scrolls from Egypt... ((preserved?)) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Light for the study was supplied by eight electric lamps, suspended high above the floor. Each case was also lit by its own light, supplied by tubes of a special design supplied by Jonathan's friend, Nikola Tesla. The tubes were of a theoretical nature, and Jonathan, after hearing Tesla's description, had built them just to test the theory. He had yet to tell his friend of the theory's success. (( *LOL*!!! )) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The rest of the room which was not taken up by the workbench was taken up with the bulky shapes of things in progress and the sleek forms of creations nearing completion. Miniature vehicles with wheels and wings that hung from the ceiling. A full size automobile, big enough for two men to sit in, was pushed against the far wall. The front looked like a typical carriage with it's long hood and large round headlamps, but the rear of the vehicle appeared to be made out of boat, with polished mahogany.
(( DOOD! I sure hope there's a secret barn-door exit somewhere !! *L*))
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To the left of the front door, there was a rack of coat hooks, and Jonathan hung his hat next to the empty spot where Justin would have hung his, had it not been lost. He reached above that spot that was marked at... (( at? as??))
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The study occupied the entire left half of the first floor of the house, that wasn't taken up by the living room.
Huh. The trouble with that, of course, is that with so much of it "hidden", it would be obvious to the most obtuse observer that half the house was missing....
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"You never know, my dear brother," he said when Jonathan made mention of an apparent obsession, "what you may have to research." He would wave his hand, indicating the walls of books and continue, "If you need the wisdom of Plato, it is here. The secret works of Archimedes, thought to be lost in the library at Alexandria, it is here. Preserve papyrus scrolls from Egypt... ((preserved?))
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Light for the study was supplied by eight electric lamps, suspended high above the floor. Each case was also lit by its own light, supplied by tubes of a special design supplied by Jonathan's friend, Nikola Tesla. The tubes were of a theoretical nature, and Jonathan, after hearing Tesla's description, had built them just to test the theory. He had yet to tell his friend of the theory's success. (( *LOL*!!! ))
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