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Monday, 29 February 2016

Finely balanced on the new Forth Road Bridge

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The new Forth Road Bridge is taking shape. The support columns are in but not joined. They are building the road deck outwards from each o...
Sunday, 28 February 2016

Wilberforce Pendulum: a chance encounter in Stonethwaite, Borrowdale

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 We didn't even know that there was a church at Stonethwaite but we went in for a look and found the above memorial on the wall. I...
Saturday, 27 February 2016

Alexander Buchan, isobars and Loch Leven

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I had never heard of Alexander Buchan but it is claimed that he was the first to make a scientific weather forecast based on weather ch...
Tuesday, 23 February 2016

Low Ling Crag roche mountonee on Crummock Water

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I'd been wanting to visit this feature on the far side of Crummock Water for years. Now I've been. There has been some argument on...
Monday, 22 February 2016

Radioactive decay dice

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Today we did the experiment that models radioactive decay. We have wooden cubes with one side coloured in. All 30 dice are thrown together...
Sunday, 21 February 2016

Inside an old hard drive

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I took apart an old hard drive. The silver disc that is reflecting my camera is called the platter. This is made of a non-magnetic material...
Saturday, 20 February 2016

A couple in Grizedale Forest

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We found several of these on a walk in Grizedale Forest. Turning forces are given several different names most notably moment and torque. ...
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