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    From Hactar@21:1/5 to dannyb@panix.com on Sat Apr 16 01:02:42 2016
    XPost: alt.fan.cecil-adams

    In article <nesdeb$muo$1@reader1.panix.com>,
    danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> wrote:
    In <ZaadnQw_gNt_KozKnZ2dnUU7-WmdnZ2d@supernews.com> Tim Wright <tlwright6x@gmail.com> writes:

    I've always liked to have "toys" near me.

    Things like the radiometer on our inside kitchen window sill which
    greets me spinning every morning from around April through November.
    And, the Galileo thermometer on top of a living room cabinet, etc., etc, >> and so forth.

    I'm with you. Radiometer on the window sill by my chair, but cat killed
    our Galileo thermometer years ago.

    Dunno where the radiometer got off to, but the Galileo thermometer's on
    the kitchen counter. I had the thing in my signature until it took a
    dive to my desktop (<2'!) and broke. I'd love to get another one but I
    don't know who sells them.

    I'd love a Foucault pendulum...

    Yeah. Unfortunately, our house isn't tall or steady enough, and it might
    not work so well at this low a latitude.

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  • From Jeff Wisnia@21:1/5 to Hactar on Sat Apr 16 02:29:13 2016
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    Hactar wrote:

    Dunno where the radiometer got off to, but the Galileo thermometer's on
    the kitchen counter. I had the thing in my signature until it took a
    dive to my desktop (<2'!) and broke. I'd love to get another one but I
    don't know who sells them.


    Only ten bucks at Christmas Tree Shop:

    http://tinyurl.com/zyoqpal

    I forgot to mention I've also got an Admiral Fitzroy Barometer, but I
    think it is pure bullshit.

    Jeff

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    Jeffry Wisnia
    (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
    The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight.

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  • From Hactar@21:1/5 to jwisnia18DUMPTHIS@comcast.net on Sat Apr 16 13:00:55 2016
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    In article <GKGdncMGTa0lRozKnZ2dnUU7-dnNnZ2d@giganews.com>,
    Jeff Wisnia <jwisnia18DUMPTHIS@comcast.net> wrote:
    Hactar wrote:

    Dunno where the radiometer got off to, but the Galileo thermometer's on
    the kitchen counter. I had the thing in my signature until it took a
    dive to my desktop (<2'!) and broke. I'd love to get another one but I don't know who sells them.

    Only ten bucks at Christmas Tree Shop:

    http://tinyurl.com/zyoqpal

    Not that, I have one of those (that size, the BIG one would be nice).

    I had this thing: http://imgur.com/c6bHOCc . The big version exists, but
    is rare because of breakage:

    https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aoozinggoo.ning.com+%22geyser+lamp%22

    I had the USB-powered "mini" version.

    I forgot to mention I've also got an Admiral Fitzroy Barometer, but I
    think it is pure bullshit.

    Eh, it's probably just extremely finicky. I've not known this guy to
    lie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cWpo5BoahA

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  • From Whiskers@21:1/5 to Hactar on Sat Apr 16 17:43:57 2016
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    On 2016-04-16, Hactar <ebenZEROONE@verizon.net> wrote:
    In article <GKGdncMGTa0lRozKnZ2dnUU7-dnNnZ2d@giganews.com>, Jeff
    Wisnia <jwisnia18DUMPTHIS@comcast.net> wrote:
    Hactar wrote:

    Dunno where the radiometer got off to, but the Galileo
    thermometer's on the kitchen counter. I had the thing in my
    signature until it took a dive to my desktop (<2'!) and broke. I'd
    love to get another one but I don't know who sells them.

    Only ten bucks at Christmas Tree Shop:

    http://tinyurl.com/zyoqpal

    Not that, I have one of those (that size, the BIG one would be nice).

    I had this thing: http://imgur.com/c6bHOCc . The big version exists,
    but is rare because of breakage:

    https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aoozinggoo.ning.com+%22geyser+lamp%22

    I had the USB-powered "mini" version.

    I forgot to mention I've also got an Admiral Fitzroy Barometer, but I
    think it is pure bullshit.

    Eh, it's probably just extremely finicky. I've not known this guy to
    lie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cWpo5BoahA

    Years ago I bought a ready-made version from (I think) the Science
    Museum gift shop in London. I could never see any correlation between
    the appearance of the crystals and the present or near-future weather,
    but the liquid all vanished after a while from which I conclude that the atmosphere is not saturated with whatever the liquid in mine was and
    that the seal wasn't airtight.

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    -- Whiskers
    -- ~~~~~~~~~~

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  • From Hactar@21:1/5 to catwheezel@operamail.com on Sat Apr 16 17:12:10 2016
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    In article <slrnnh4uet.2vh.catwheezel@ID-107770.user.individual.net>,
    Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> wrote:
    On 2016-04-16, Hactar <ebenZEROONE@verizon.net> wrote:
    In article <GKGdncMGTa0lRozKnZ2dnUU7-dnNnZ2d@giganews.com>, Jeff
    Wisnia <jwisnia18DUMPTHIS@comcast.net> wrote:

    I forgot to mention I've also got an Admiral Fitzroy Barometer, but I
    think it is pure bullshit.

    Eh, it's probably just extremely finicky. I've not known this guy to
    lie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cWpo5BoahA

    Years ago I bought a ready-made version from (I think) the Science
    Museum gift shop in London. I could never see any correlation between
    the appearance of the crystals and the present or near-future weather,
    but the liquid all vanished after a while from which I conclude that the atmosphere is not saturated with whatever the liquid in mine was and
    that the seal wasn't airtight.

    Right, the liquid is some mixture of water and something else (ether?
    some volatile hydrocarbon I think), with the mixture so that the solid's solubility is ideal.

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    -eben QebWenE01R@vTerYizUonI.nOetP ebmanda.redirectme.net:81
    Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity,
    and I'm not sure about the former." -- Albert Einstein

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  • From Tim Wright@21:1/5 to Hactar on Sat Apr 16 20:12:02 2016
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    On 4/16/2016 12:02 AM, Hactar wrote:
    In article <nesdeb$muo$1@reader1.panix.com>,
    danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> wrote:
    In <ZaadnQw_gNt_KozKnZ2dnUU7-WmdnZ2d@supernews.com> Tim Wright
    <tlwright6x@gmail.com> writes:

    I've always liked to have "toys" near me.

    Things like the radiometer on our inside kitchen window sill which
    greets me spinning every morning from around April through November.
    And, the Galileo thermometer on top of a living room cabinet, etc., etc, >>>> and so forth.

    I'm with you. Radiometer on the window sill by my chair, but cat killed
    our Galileo thermometer years ago.

    Dunno where the radiometer got off to, but the Galileo thermometer's on
    the kitchen counter. I had the thing in my signature until it took a
    dive to my desktop (<2'!) and broke. I'd love to get another one but I
    don't know who sells them.

    I'd love a Foucault pendulum...

    Yeah. Unfortunately, our house isn't tall or steady enough, and it might
    not work so well at this low a latitude.

    Here's a great combo deal, A Fitzroy storm glass and a Galileo
    thermometer together in a single unit.

    http://amzn.com/B00E5OSWJI $29.95

    --
    I never said most of the things I said.
    -Yogi Berra


    Tim W

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  • From Jeff Wisnia@21:1/5 to Hactar on Sat Apr 16 22:09:13 2016
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    Hactar wrote:
    In article <GKGdncMGTa0lRozKnZ2dnUU7-dnNnZ2d@giganews.com>,
    Jeff Wisnia <jwisnia18DUMPTHIS@comcast.net> wrote:
    Hactar wrote:

    Dunno where the radiometer got off to, but the Galileo thermometer's on
    the kitchen counter. I had the thing in my signature until it took a
    dive to my desktop (<2'!) and broke. I'd love to get another one but I
    don't know who sells them.

    Only ten bucks at Christmas Tree Shop:

    http://tinyurl.com/zyoqpal

    Not that, I have one of those (that size, the BIG one would be nice).

    I had this thing: http://imgur.com/c6bHOCc . The big version exists, but
    is rare because of breakage:

    https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aoozinggoo.ning.com+%22geyser+lamp%22

    I had the USB-powered "mini" version.

    I forgot to mention I've also got an Admiral Fitzroy Barometer, but I
    think it is pure bullshit.

    Eh, it's probably just extremely finicky. I've not known this guy to
    lie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cWpo5BoahA


    Well, nobody ever told me I had to place it outdoors or in a non heated
    or air conditioned room. I suppose temperature changes could make the
    chemicals in it crystallize and become more or less visible. I doubt id atmospheric pressure changes would affect it, mine is a completely
    sealed glass one.

    Jeff

    --
    Jeffry Wisnia
    (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
    The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight.

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