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Offline Frog

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Behold - The power of light
« on: June 03, 2015, 10:36:07 AM »
I get up pretty early each morning, get the dog's food ready, and enjoy a sunrise looking out my kitchen window.
One of my many "treasures" is the radiometer my wife once got me when after she heard me mention that I was always fascinated by them since first seeing in a Disneyland gift shop back in 1957!

It really wails this time of year. Here's a video from youtube about them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cey-JBeHrww
Still blows my mind. Lotsa stuff about them on the interwebs

That rug really tied the room together, did it not?


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Re: Behold - The power of light
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2015, 07:20:07 PM »
I worked with a guy once I called the human radiometer he spent all day going around in circles in a perfect vacuum too. The only difference was he never saw the light  ::)
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DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES COMPLETELY WITHIN MY CONTROL YOU SHOULD GET YOUR OWN TEE SHIRT AND A SHARPIE MARKER BY NOON TOMORROW OR SIMPLY CALL SOMEONE WHO GIVES A SHIRT.

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Re: Behold - The power of light
« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2015, 08:15:42 PM »
I remember him!
That rug really tied the room together, did it not?

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Re: Behold - The power of light
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2015, 12:19:03 PM »
Hey Frog
That was a pretty cool relate!
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DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES COMPLETELY WITHIN MY CONTROL YOU SHOULD GET YOUR OWN TEE SHIRT AND A SHARPIE MARKER BY NOON TOMORROW OR SIMPLY CALL SOMEONE WHO GIVES A SHIRT.

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Re: Behold - The power of light
« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2015, 01:34:16 PM »
I worked with a guy once I called the human radiometer he spent all day going around in circles in a perfect vacuum too. The only difference was he never saw the light  ::)
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Re: Behold - The power of light
« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2015, 03:18:47 PM »
Bought my first one at Disneyland in the mid-sixties & it disappeared when i was away at college. Bless my mom - she surprised me with this one about 30 years ago.

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Re: Behold - The power of light
« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2015, 03:21:40 PM »
Bought my first one at Disneyland in the mid-sixties & it disappeared when i was away at college. Bless my mom - she surprised me with this one about 30 years ago.

Wives and moms can have certain similarities, eh?
That rug really tied the room together, did it not?