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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_therm...
A small oil drum sized nuclear reactor for powering old Russian lighthouses up in the artic circle. Many vandalised stolen or simply lost, pretty fascinating.
A small oil drum sized nuclear reactor for powering old Russian lighthouses up in the artic circle. Many vandalised stolen or simply lost, pretty fascinating.
996Type said:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_therm...
A small oil drum sized nuclear reactor for powering old Russian lighthouses up in the artic circle. Many vandalised stolen or simply lost, pretty fascinating.
RTGs are not reactors, they rely on decay heat.A small oil drum sized nuclear reactor for powering old Russian lighthouses up in the artic circle. Many vandalised stolen or simply lost, pretty fascinating.
996Type said:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_therm...
A small oil drum sized nuclear reactor for powering old Russian lighthouses up in the artic circle. Many vandalised stolen or simply lost, pretty fascinating.
Very interesting, but quite shocking.A small oil drum sized nuclear reactor for powering old Russian lighthouses up in the artic circle. Many vandalised stolen or simply lost, pretty fascinating.
matchmaker said:
Thank You For Calling said:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rankin
Ejected from a fighter jet at 47,000ft, and spent 40 minutes in the air until he eventually landed.
Thought I recognised that. From 25th October 2017:Ejected from a fighter jet at 47,000ft, and spent 40 minutes in the air until he eventually landed.
Wing Commander said:
Heard this on the radio this morning
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rankin?wpr...
Had to bail out of his fighter jet into the top of a cumulonimbus thundercloud. Only person known to have survived such a thing
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rankin?wpr...
Had to bail out of his fighter jet into the top of a cumulonimbus thundercloud. Only person known to have survived such a thing
https://www.smh.com.au/national/ewa-sucked-into-st...
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/parag...
When I was a student pilot in the 1990s there were rumours of a paraglider pilot who wrapped themselves in their wing in order to survive being sucked into a thunderstorm. I never believed them, but Ewa's story is true.
Jonnny said:
Maybe not one to read at work, but nothing bad in it..
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris%27s_List_of...
A directory of Londons Covent Garden ladies.. I guess back then prostitution was quite normal so makes sense to have a directory of them.
Have a look at adultwork. (ok, maybe don't). Just as normal now as then.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris%27s_List_of...
A directory of Londons Covent Garden ladies.. I guess back then prostitution was quite normal so makes sense to have a directory of them.
SpeckledJim said:
Jonnny said:
Maybe not one to read at work, but nothing bad in it..
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris%27s_List_of...
A directory of Londons Covent Garden ladies.. I guess back then prostitution was quite normal so makes sense to have a directory of them.
Have a look at adultwork. (ok, maybe don't). Just as normal now as then.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris%27s_List_of...
A directory of Londons Covent Garden ladies.. I guess back then prostitution was quite normal so makes sense to have a directory of them.
Ooppps! A lake disappears after wrong drilling.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Peigneur
...and the accompynaying YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_iZr2-Coqc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Peigneur
...and the accompynaying YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_iZr2-Coqc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theranos
''By June 2016, it was estimated that Holmes' personal net worth had dropped from $4.5 billion to virtually nothing''
''By June 2016, it was estimated that Holmes' personal net worth had dropped from $4.5 billion to virtually nothing''
gobuddygo said:
And the only fatalities were the two robbersMothersruin said:
Ooppps! A lake disappears after wrong drilling.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Peigneur
...and the accompynaying YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_iZr2-Coqc
Wow! That is some mistake to make when drilling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Peigneur
...and the accompynaying YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_iZr2-Coqc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_Electric_Bell
The Oxford Electric Bell or Clarendon Dry Pile is an experimental electric bell that was set up in 1840 and which has run nearly continuously ever since.
The Oxford Electric Bell or Clarendon Dry Pile is an experimental electric bell that was set up in 1840 and which has run nearly continuously ever since.
gowmonster said:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_Electric_Bell
The Oxford Electric Bell or Clarendon Dry Pile is an experimental electric bell that was set up in 1840 and which has run nearly continuously ever since.
Nice! 179 years from one little battery.The Oxford Electric Bell or Clarendon Dry Pile is an experimental electric bell that was set up in 1840 and which has run nearly continuously ever since.
I wonder what kind of longevity could be achieved with a similar setup using modern battery tech?
After watching some YouTube videos about flying, including some where three guys flew a (single engined) Cessna 210 from the US - Canada - Greenland - Iceland - Scotland, I watched a few about a flying boat called the “Martin Mars”, which is bloody huge (not quite Spruce Goose huge, but bigger than a Short Sunderland).
I’d never heard of them, but they were originally used as long range ocean patrol aircraft by the USA and only seven were built. After WWII, a number were bought by a Canadian company and converted to water bombers, used to fight forest fires.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_JRM_Mars?wpro...
(YouTube link for the Martin Mars: https://youtu.be/l5Am-n5LnQ8)
I’d never heard of them, but they were originally used as long range ocean patrol aircraft by the USA and only seven were built. After WWII, a number were bought by a Canadian company and converted to water bombers, used to fight forest fires.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_JRM_Mars?wpro...
(YouTube link for the Martin Mars: https://youtu.be/l5Am-n5LnQ8)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Aeroplane_Co...
With the following and related links, this is basically the history of the British Aerospace industry, from the box kite, to concorde helicopters, and currently BAESystems and Rolls Royce, Missiles, sub sea, and space exploration.
Aerospace Bristol museum is very much worth a visit too.
http://aerospacebristol.org/
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