Philosophy
Can you imagine writing your Ph.D. dissertation on this experiment. Your peer review board would probably be dead or institutionalized at Belleview. The experiment illustrates just how viscous some materials are...that superficially they appear to be a solid but in realty they do have movement. This experiment was started by Professor Thomas Parnell [University of Queensland, Australia] in 1927 and is still operational. It is concerned with "pitch"--a derivative of asphalt [bitumen]/crude petroleum. "Fluid" physics at its slowest.
"In 1927 Professor Parnell heated a sample of pitch and poured it into glass funnel with a sealed stem. Three years were allowed for the pitch to settle, and in 1930 the sealed stem was cut. From that date on the pitch has slowly dripped out of the funnel - so slowly that now, 72 years later, the eighth drop is only just about to fall."
"The Pitch Drop Experiment"
"THE PITCH DROP EXPERIMENT"
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Philosophy
Pitch Drop Experiment
Can you imagine writing your Ph.D. dissertation on this experiment. Your peer review board would probably be dead or institutionalized at Belleview. The experiment illustrates just how viscous some materials are...that superficially they appear to be a solid but in realty they do have movement. This experiment was started by Professor Thomas Parnell [University of Queensland, Australia] in 1927 and is still operational. It is concerned with "pitch"--a derivative of asphalt [bitumen]/crude petroleum. "Fluid" physics at its slowest.
"In 1927 Professor Parnell heated a sample of pitch and poured it into glass funnel with a sealed stem. Three years were allowed for the pitch to settle, and in 1930 the sealed stem was cut. From that date on the pitch has slowly dripped out of the funnel - so slowly that now, 72 years later, the eighth drop is only just about to fall."
"The Pitch Drop Experiment"
"THE PITCH DROP EXPERIMENT"
- Coerced Sample Pools
Every college, university, and research hospital has what is called an institutional review board to oversee every proposed experiment involving human subjects, screening them for ethical problems or concerns. This all started with the uproar over Stanley...
- Catcher's Ethics
The shorter of the short people has taken to playing catcher on his little league team. So, when we watch a ballgame, we often pay special attention to what the catcher does. In a game the night before last, the Orioles were playing the Mariners and with...
- The Ghost Of Jackie Mitchell Smiles
Eri Yoshida has been drafted to play professional baseball.A 16-year-old schoolgirl with a mean knuckleball has been selected as the first woman ever to play alongside the men in Japanese professional baseball. Eri Yoshida was drafted for a new independent...
- Renaissance Philosophy Workshop, London, 14 June 2013
10.30-10.45 Arrival 10.45 Introductory Remarks 11.00 Michael Engel, ?Continuity and Change in the Thought of Elijah Del Medigo? 12.00 Lunch (own arrangements) 1.00 Maude Vanhaelen, ?The Reception of Plato?s Parmenidesin...
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"The World's Oldest Light Bulb Has Been On for 110 Years" by Erica Ho June 16th, 2011 Time How many people does it take to change this light bulb? None. On June 18, the oldest-known working light bulb in the world will celebrate the 110th year...