The Importance of Tire Inflation - a Scientific View
Written by Translator on August 5, 2008 – 9:36 pm -Crossposted at Dailykos.com
Wow, lots has been said about Obama’s technically correct response to a question, to paraphrase, asked, “What can we ordinary people do?”. The McCain campaign has been brutal, and ignorantly so.
Nothing is more important, other than the drive train, in making any land vehicle “go” than the instruments that actually touch the road. Those instruments are tires, or as the Brits say, tyres.
Tags: Failure, Inflation, Learning, Lies of John McCain, Poorly articulated, Safety, Tires
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Phases of Matter VI - Gases 2
Written by Translator on June 26, 2008 – 6:19 pm -Crossposted at Dailykos.com
Last time we talked about the gas laws mainly, and I realize that this is not exactly a pageturner of a topic, but is important for two reasons: to have a basic familiarity with how gases behave, and to show that these concepts were worked out, in some cases, over two centuries ago. I find this fascinating, because everything was done by hand. No computers, no calculators, no slide rules, and only the most basic of instrumentation (basically a balance and a crude barometer).
This time we will look at a few specialized applications for gases, and then a look at a few gases of particular interest. If your favorite is not covered, speak up in a comment!
Tags: Chlorine, Compression, Electricity, Enrichment, Gases, Gasses, Hydrogen, Neon, Teaching, Tires, Tools, Uranium Hexafluoride
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