{"id":888,"date":"2013-04-03T23:49:47","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T03:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jarodthornton.com\/bemis3lf\/?p=888"},"modified":"2013-04-03T23:49:47","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T03:49:47","slug":"the-pitch-drop-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jarodthornton.com\/bemis3lf\/2013\/04\/03\/the-pitch-drop-experiment\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pitch Drop Experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>\nThe first Professor of Physics at the University of Queensland, Professor Thomas Parnell<\/strong>, began an experiment in 1927<\/strong> to illustrate that everyday materials can exhibit quite surprising properties. The experiment demonstrates the fluidity and high viscosity of pitch, a derivative of tar once used for waterproofing boats.
\nIn the 80 years that the pitch has been dripping no-one has ever seen the drop fall.
\nRead more about this nerd topic here\u00a0http:\/\/www.uq.edu.au\/pitchdrop-test\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s a live view I jacked from the site – watch the clock it’s in real time \ud83d\ude42 <\/h3>\n

\"Pitch<\/p>\n

imageA = “http:\/\/www.uq.edu.au\/pitchdrop-test\/images\/”;
\n suffix = “.jpg”;
\n function StartA() {
\n tmp = new Date();
\n var pitch = tmp.getTime();
\n var percent = pitch % 1000;
\n var value = pitch – percent;
\n document.images[“PitchDrop”].src = imageA+value+suffix;
\n setTimeout(“StartA()”, 1000) ;
\n }
\n StartA();<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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