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> Same for amylase, where can I get that?

The easiest (not cheapest) way is probably using Beano capsules. I pressure-cooked some sweet meal animal feed to make a gruel and then added a Beano capsule. Went from thick paste to watery gruel. The enzymes are heat sensitive.

It was an experiment to make a molasses porter, with some large part of the grain bill coming from the feed store.

Homebrew supplies sometimes have them in bulk. Also places that cater to distillers but you're treading a legality line here. I've heard that people who were buying sugar in bulk for a zombie apocalypses being assumed to be making moonshine. Just don't pick up a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line, OK?

Malt syrup from homebrew stores is often labeled "Diastatic", which should mean that the enzymes are still present and could break down other items with the remaining enzymes. This starts going down the rabbit hole of homebrewing beer, and here it's common to use malted grain (with the enzymes from the malting process) to breakdown either roasted malted grain or unmalted grain. Again, too much heat deactivates or breaks down the enzymes.

If you're using a starch and expect to break it down using one process or another, you need to cook it to beyond it's "gelatinous" point first, and then usually lower the heat so it doesn't kill the enzymes, then add your malt, or syrup or enzymes. Heat speeds up the enzymes but too much kills 'em.

The exception to reaching the "gelatinous" point is to buy the stuff that has already been processed. In the "all grain" homebrew beer culture this means instant oats or instant rice off the grocery store shelf, or specialty stuff like processed rolled rye flakes (essentially instant oatmeal made with rye instead of oats)

one more thing, I'll leave it to you to discover how the Sumerian got their enzymes to brew beer with. They used last year's starvation food (food safety net) to brew beer. If your chemistry teacher ever did a demo with a saltine cracker and an iodine test for sugar, it's about the same thing.

This ran kinda long so let me cc: u/CodyDon because he might have some interest.

That flat hotplate is not ideal for a RBF (Round Bottom Flask.) To use it more effectively, you might try getting a pot the size of the burner, or a bit larger, and filling it with sand. The sand gets hot and heats the flask relatively evenly around the bottom.
When your finances permit, look for a good heating mantle, preferably with stirring. Something like this: https://www.amazon.ca/Heating-Magnetic-HMS1000ml-Temperature-100-240V/dp/B07Z5KTW6P/ref=sr_1_27?keywords=heating+mantle&qid=1574245664&s=industrial&sr=1-27
Of course, then you will need stir bars, if you want to stir your reaction while heating. (You usually want this.) https://www.amazon.ca/Magnetic-Stirrer-Mixer-Diameter-Length/dp/B07461T2PR/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=stir+bar+olive&qid=1574245874&s=industrial&sr=1-1

And it would be good to use a jack to be able to raise the mantle to the flask, so you can lower it when you want to remove heat, and not have to move the glassware. Handling hot glassware is not a great thing to do for a variety of reasons.

I believe there are high temp clear enamels that may work for your use

Edit: rustoleum has a clear coat engine enamel good for up to 2,000 degrees F. here's a link

maybe it wouldn't be as bad as I thought on further research... You can buy 25 feet of 16 GA titanium wire for $12.50.

Assuming that every ring for the maille has a diameter of 5/16" (0.3125), then each ring uses about 1 inch of metal (about 0.982 inches). That means that you could get 300 rings from a single spool.

Lets assume that you fit the male large shirt from this site (because I need some basis of measurements), meaning 42" chest, 36" waist, 14" bicep, etc. and plug in all of that data into This calculator, it shows that you need about 23,620 rings. That means that you need 79 spools of wire to complete the task, costing you $987.50.

Not bad, all things considered.

I like to think that they see something like this: https://www.amazon.com/GloFX-Ultimate-Diffraction-Glasses-Kaleidoscope/dp/B01K8TT4DG

Cool idea. I wonder what effect the surface has (color, texture, reflectivity, refractivity, etc)

A Practical Guide for The Amateur Naturalist, 1982

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its look like there are few different version of that book,

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https://www.amazon.com/amateur-naturalist-Gerald-Malcolm-Durrell/dp/0241108411

https://www.amazon.com/NAYE-Garden-Grafting-Cutting-Scissors/dp/B079M6W6WV/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=grafting+shears&qid=1564081823&s=gateway&sr=8-3

https://www.amazon.com/NAYE-Grafting-Blades-U-Cut-V-Cut/dp/B07PS5T6VK/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=grafting+shears&qid=1564081823&s=gateway&sr=8-6

all links on amazon, there are probbably other places to get things but i'm lazy.

space pen:
https://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Space-Original-Astronaut-Pen/dp/B0015ZP2AC/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1492305866&sr=8-4&keywords=space+pen

parker pen:
https://www.amazon.com/Parker-Jotter-Stainless-Ballpoint-133321/dp/B0017D5WXY/ref=sr_1_2?s=office-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1492305273&sr=1-2&keywords=parker+pen

robot arm:
https://www.amazon.com/OWI-OWI-535-Robotic-Arm-Edge/dp/B0017OFRCY/ref=sr_1_1?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1492305677&sr=1-1&keywords=robot+arm+kit