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Serious Speed
Voyager 1 (the space vehicle) is travelling/leaving our solar system at about 60800 km per hour, that is 16 888 meters per second or almost 17 km per second and that is… incredibly, unbelievably fast and yet it is still just 0,0056 % – a fraction of the speed of light, that clocks in at:… Continue reading Serious Speed
Not On The Wall III
It is yet another discarded artefact. Please see: Not On The Wall I and Not On The Wall II or search for “On The Wall”. It is a restoration project – it does need a cleaning, but more interestingly is that someone used this very item not long ago. Why? Because it is functioning and… Continue reading Not On The Wall III
Not On The Wall II
It is the same discarded instrument. Please see: Not On The Wall I, On The Wall, On The Wall I, On The Wall II.
Petri Or Don’t Panic Too [II]?
Julius Richard Petri (May 31, 1852 – December 20, 1921) was a German microbiologist who is generally credited with inventing the device known as the Petri dish, after him, while working as assistant to bacteriologist Robert Koch. Source: Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by Johns Hopkins CSSE, 13/02/2020 13:23:05.
Things + Stuff
The previous post was number 1000.
Don’t Panic
Source: Coronavirus 2019-nCoV Global Cases by Johns Hopkins CSSE, 2020-02-05.
I Think There’s A Corner Here?
Ken Block in a Ford… driving like that? It is unbelievable. Full throttle, in gear (sequential) with a turbo charged focused 380 break horse power Cosworth engine? The sound…? Road-legal. That car weighs less than a ton, around 900 or so. 380 hp, four-wheel drive and less than 1000 kg? Hp per Kg? Red-hot turbo?… Continue reading I Think There’s A Corner Here?