wigton physics

First of all I measured the background count over a long integration time. I clamped a beta source to fire through aluminium into a GM tube ...

  Applying yesterday's wind power formula to one of the turbines at Watchtree where the swept area is 1735 square metres , I would get a...

 We found this wind pump at Wicken Fen the day after Storm Eunice. It is to pump water up to keep the fen wet. The wind was strong so I esti...

  It's been incredibly windy at Watchtree but the turbines never seem to spin faster. In other words, their angular velocity seems to be...

  If you place a cylinder such as this chocolate roll on an inclined plane, it could get to the bottom in one of two ways: 1. It could slide...

Trees are carbon-based lifeforms. During their life they constantly take in carbon dioxide from the air. Now some of that carbon dioxide con...

  Here is a view into one of our Geiger-Muller tubes. Note the cylindrical central anode. The window is made of a mineral called mica which ...