What was a Frenchman trying to solve with 2 steel balls, a pocket watch and a blacksmiths forge?
His results where wrong by the way.
His results where wrong by the way.
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The speed buckshot travels ?
Not even close HB 
Too vague?
Not the speed of sound
Ramjet said:
So he used the forge to heat the steel balls.
The stop watch.... ?
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Figured that much still doesn't help much in the old Googol...
Expansion rate of steel when heated?
Thermodynamic conductance of steel?
Have explored both options with little success...
May need to give us an extra variable to aid the search??
still doesn't help much in the old Googol...Expansion rate of steel when heated?
Thermodynamic conductance of steel?
Have explored both options with little success...
May need to give us an extra variable to aid the search??
The idea is to make it hard for Google
Bigger picture.
He was timing the rates at which 2 different sized steel balls cooled.
But why? What was he trying to determine?
Bigger picture.
He was timing the rates at which 2 different sized steel balls cooled.
But why? What was he trying to determine?
He was trying to work out the the age of something by the rate it cooled down from a molten state.
Very controversial as some nut jobs thought they knew the answer.
Very controversial as some nut jobs thought they knew the answer.
Marked said:
You got it Marked. Very controversial theory by Darwin that the Earth was once molten.
A French guy who's name eludes me at the moment did the experiments with steel balls.
He came up with a little under 75000 years. What he didn't take into account was radioactive heat and decay rates. An unknown concept at the time.
You're question Marked....
FU XI (Fu Hsi, sometimes known as the "Ox-Tamer"),
What decision did driver of No 78 london bus make in december 1952?
In December 1952, a number 78 double-decker bus was crossing Tower Bridge. At that time, the gateman would ring a warning bell and close the gates when the bridge was clear before the watchman ordered the lift. The process failed while a relief watchman was on duty. The bus was near the edge of the south bascule when it started to rise; driver Albert Gunter made a split-second decision to accelerate the bus, clearing a six-foot drop onto the north bascule, which had not started to rise. The conductor broke his leg, and twelve of the twenty passengers aboard received minor injuries. The driver was later rewarded with a 10 bonus
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