a bit of Gee Whiz science...........

[ColJack]

what would you say this depicted then?

and another image of the same thing.

and a modern version of it showing that it does work..

 

[Lincsbodger]

Dunno, im not an expert on hieroglyphs. But there certainly many ways you could interpret it, beaing in mind the highly symbolic and religious nature of such images.

You find me one in a pyramid, in a dated sealed chamber, and ill believe you.

 

[Space cat]

OK, so the Egyptians grew giant aubergines - or maybe somebody is grossly exaggerating the size of his todger.

It looks like a fertility symbol to me.

 

[sooey]

Have you seen that smug, self satisfied smirk on the face of the fella with the big willy.

is my own smug, self satisfied smirk.

 

[Mickymoody]

I know of some egyptian pots being discovered, that 'could' be construed as being batteries, and a mock up was made of them, but they only generated a very low current and voltage, not enough to power that 'bulb' example..

Unless they also had step up transformers, a vacuum device to evacuate the air in the glass bulb, a way to make the glass, tungsten for the filament; but maybe they did, all history is just conjecture, even if it is written down, look at your faiths version of a bible, it's just stuff written after the event, if the event even happened at all, or was lost in history.

 

[Nige F]

Got electric..nice..now what to do with it?

That's closer to the truth than you think. When Volta invented the battery, nobody had the slightest idea what to do with it. There was no such thing as an electric circuit so its only use was as a party trick: "Here, put your tongue on these! "

Leclanche would`ve done it but he was in a cell @ the time

 

[D_Hailsham]

A bubble filmed at 1000 times slow speed, its amazing. Watch it break into a ring of daughter bubbles........

And this pic of a milk drop landing was taken by Prof Harold Edgerton, the pioneer of high-speed photography before WW2!

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As for "useless science", Thomas Watson, first IBM President, is alleged to have said in 1943: "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."

 

[Space cat]

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."

I remember that. Did he give any indication of who the five lucky customers might be?