Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 10:34:07 -0600
Author: "Zigmund J. Peacock"
Subject: Re: Cartesian Diver with a difference
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Bob Thankyou thnakyou. Zig
Stenquist1@aol.com wrote:
> This site has incredible hand made cartesian divers called bottle imps
> that spin around when the pressure is released.
> I have two of them and think they are great.
>
>
>
> http://www.wonderworkshops.com/customer/product.php?productid=154&cat=4&page=1
>
>
>
> BOB FRIEDHOFFER
> City University of New York
> Center for Advanced Study in Education
> 365 5TH AVENUE
> #3300
> NYC, NY 10021
>
>
>
> In a message dated 10/27/2004 6:51:06 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> dcjohnson@csupomona.edu writes:
>
> I think you meant "Tony the Tiger" diver... Yes, we have one...
> Doug J.
>
> >Greetings,
> >
> >When I want color, I get out my TOMY diver that came in a box of
> cereal
> >many years ago. It is orange and black. That would fit in with many
> >school colors. How many are out there?
> >
> >Dick
> >
> >
> >Helping teachers who facilitate, motivating students who learn.
> >Dick Heckathorn 14665 Pawnee Trail Middleburg Hts, OH 44130
> >440-826-0834
> >Physics Teacher CVCA 4687 Wyoga Lake Rd Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44224
> >330-929-0575 VM 120
> >www.cvcaroyals.org/~rheckathorn
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-tap-l@listproc.appstate.edu
> >[mailto:owner-tap-l@listproc.appstate.edu] On Behalf Of Zigmund J.
> >Peacock
> >Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 1:24 PM
> >To: tap-l@listproc.appstate.edu
> >Subject: S-W
> >
> >Taplers, while we are on the subject of Sargent-Welch [and other
> >suppliers of stupidly designed equipment].
> > I have several Cartesian Divers # WL1040 that are made from clear
> >glass! Have you ever tried to see a clear glass Cartesian Diver
> at 10 ft
> >
> >in water? They are nicely invisible, and don't tell me to use colored
> >water then all you can see is colored water.
> > Where the hell do these people find their
> designers/engineers, or do
> >
> >they just make the parts as cheap as possible without any thought
> as to
> >how the apparatus will be used [likely].
> > The only good thing is it led me to explore my box of
> glassware odds
> >
> >and ends [huge] in which I found three pre-dummy Cartesian divers one
> >red and two yellow.
> > Ziggy
> >
> >--
> >Zigmund J. Peacock
> >WWW.physics.utah.edu/people/staff/peacock.html
> >University of Utah/Physics peacock@physics.utah.edu
> >115 SOUTH 1400 EAST #201 Tel 801 581 6602
> >SALT LAKE CITY UT 84112-0830 Fax 801 581 4801
> >
> > "We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in
> >the night to do violence to those who would do us harm"
> > -- George Orwell
> >
> > "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good
> >men do nothing!"
> > -- Edmund Burke
>
>
>
>
> www.scienctrix.com
--
Zigmund J. Peacock WWW.physics.utah.edu/people/staff/peacock.html
University of Utah/Physics peacock@physics.utah.edu
115 SOUTH 1400 EAST #201 Tel 801 581 6602
SALT LAKE CITY UT 84112-0830 Fax 801 581 4801
"We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in
the night to do violence to those who would do us harm"
-- George Orwell
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good
men do nothing!"
-- Edmund Burke
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Bob Thankyou thnakyou. Zig
Stenquist1@aol.com wrote:
content="text/html; ">
bottle imps that spin around when the pressure is released.
City University of New York
Center for Advanced Study in Education
365 5TH AVENUE
#3300
NYC, NY 10021
dcjohnson@csupomona.edu writes:
one... Doug J.
>Greetings,
>
>When I want color, I get out my TOMY diver that came in a box of
cereal
>many years ago. It is orange and black. That would fit in with many
>school colors. How many are out there?
>
>Dick
>
>
>Helping teachers who facilitate, motivating students who learn.
>Dick Heckathorn 14665 Pawnee Trail Middleburg Hts, OH 44130
>440-826-0834
>Physics Teacher CVCA 4687 Wyoga Lake Rd Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44224
>330-929-0575 VM 120
>www.cvcaroyals.org/~rheckathorn
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-tap-l@listproc.appstate.edu
>[mailto:owner-tap-l@listproc.appstate.edu] On Behalf Of Zigmund J.
>Peacock
>Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 1:24 PM
>To: tap-l@listproc.appstate.edu
>Subject: S-W
>
>Taplers, while we are on the subject of Sargent-Welch [and other
>suppliers of stupidly designed equipment].
> I have several Cartesian Divers # WL1040 that are made from
clear
>glass! Have you ever tried to see a clear glass Cartesian Diver at
10 ft
>
>in water? They are nicely invisible, and don't tell me to use
colored
>water then all you can see is colored water.
> Where the hell do these people find their designers/engineers,
or do
>
>they just make the parts as cheap as possible without any thought
as to
>how the apparatus will be used [likely].
> The only good thing is it led me to explore my box of glassware
odds
>
>and ends [huge] in which I found three pre-dummy Cartesian divers
one
>red and two yellow.
> Ziggy
>
>--
>Zigmund J. Peacock
>WWW.physics.utah.edu/people/staff/peacock.html
>University of Utah/Physics
peacock@physics.utah.edu
>115 SOUTH 1400 EAST #201 Tel 801 581 6602
>SALT LAKE CITY UT 84112-0830 Fax 801 581 4801
>
> "We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in
>the night to do violence to those who would do us harm"
> -- George Orwell
>
> "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good
>men do nothing!"
> -- Edmund Burke
--
Zigmund J. Peacock WWW.physics.utah.edu/people/staff/peacock.html
University of Utah/Physics peacock@physics.utah.edu
115 SOUTH 1400 EAST #201 Tel 801 581 6602
SALT LAKE CITY UT 84112-0830 Fax 801 581 4801
"We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in
the night to do violence to those who would do us harm"
-- George Orwell
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good
men do nothing!"
-- Edmund Burke
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