It is impressive how things were working back in the day! If someone was really smart and was wealthy enough, he would become whatever he wanted. All at once!
When I searched for Borda-Carnot equation, which is a really interesting one, I found out that it was named after Jean-Charles, chevalier de Borda and azare ...
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Today, the Western world is anticipating one thing. The release of the new Season of the Netflix Original Series, House of Cards.
The politics centered series have a major impact in viewers worldwide. Even the President of the United States himself admitted that he is a fan of House of Cards.
In case the one ...
In June we discussed the theories in Earthquake prediction. Last week we wrote about Lame’s first parameter and Enceladus, the Mythical guy that causes earthquakes when moving underground.
Despite the fact that ancient Greeks were blaming Enceladus for any earth tremors in their stories, the great minds of that era were speculating a lot ...
Greek Mythology! Great stories, with great twists and many awkward and hardcore stuff that make Game of Thrones look like a Family sitcom.
One of the great stories is the one with the Gigantomachy. Long story-short, some Giants gathered and thought that it would be a great idea, to fight the Greek Gods and take ...
A Cooling Laser and Newton's Law of Cooling
Written by on Nov. 21, 2015 .
Last update on Nov. 21, 2015.
Lasers. We have talked about them two more times in the past. First was the Laser Cutting and the Gaussian beam. Then, the Laser Razor and the Wavelengths of light came by.
In both these stories, the "hot, burning and cutting" laser archetype was confirmed.
We all have in mind that lasers are for cutting ...
There is an impressive video going viral lately. A concrete mixing machine, is dropping 4.000 liters of water on a parking lot and the concrete just magically absorbs it all.
It’s not a magic trick or CGI. It is a new type of super-absorbent concrete designed to soak up nearly 900 gallons of ...
Surface Tension - Capillary Action - Liquid in a vertical tube
Written by on Sept. 25, 2015 .
Last update on Sept. 28, 2015.
Earlier this week we talked about Capillary action and how it is applied in the “scientifically crafted” Space Glass of Ballantine’s.
Let’s talk about Surface tension in order to land on capillarity.
It is the elastic tendency of liquids which makes them acquire the least surface area possible. Surface tension is an important ...
Capillary Action - height of the meniscus
Written by on Sept. 23, 2015 .
Last update on Sept. 23, 2015.
Earlier this month, we wrote about the “Ballantine’s Space Glass”, and its free-fall in a free-fall tower. This time we are going to discuss the basic principle that this device is exploiting in order to function.
It is called “Capillary action”, and it was first discovered by Leonardo Da Vinci.
Capillary action is the ...
From oil pipes to Bag pipes, one thing is certain. Pipes are important for humanity!
A pipe is a tubular section or hollow cylinder, usually but not necessarily of circular cross-section, used mainly to convey substances which can flow — liquids and gases (fluids), slurries etc. It can also be used for structural applications.
The pipeline ...
In fluid mechanics, the Reynolds number (Re) is a dimensionless quantity that is used to help predict similar flow patterns in different fluid flow situations. The concept was introduced by George Gabriel Stokes in 1851, but the Reynolds number is named after Osborne Reynolds (and not Ryan Reynolds), who popularized its use in 1883. Well ...