10/31: Earthquake rose

MaggieL · 10-31-2001, 11:47 PM

Reminds me of the Lissajous figure demonstrations at the Franklin Institute; the big old compound pendulum sand tables and the plate you could cover with sand and tne vibra with a rosined bow.

Boy, that place has really hit the skids in the process of becoming finacially viable and damage resistant to hordes of unsupervised brats. It's a microcosm of everything tha's bad about the educational establishment.

It used to be a temple to the sciences, now it's just about one stop above Sesame Place.

10-31-2001, 11:47 PM	#5
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	Reminds me of the Lissajous figure demonstrations at the Franklin Institute; the big old compound pendulum sand tables and the plate you could cover with sand and tne vibra with a rosined bow. Boy, that place has really hit the skids in the process of becoming finacially viable and damage resistant to hordes of unsupervised brats. It's a microcosm of everything tha's bad about the educational establishment. It used to be a temple to the sciences, now it's just about one stop above Sesame Place. __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

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