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From the limericks page:
Three jolly sailors from Blaydon-on-Tyne
They went to sea in a bottle by Klein.
Since the sea was entirely inside the hull
The scenery seen was exceedingly dull.
He also has an great warehouse setup in his crawl space. https://hackaday.com/2015/06/24/crawlspace-warehouse-include... Really impressive guy.
This reminds me of the old Lindsay Publications reprint of Procedures in Experimental Physics from 1938. https://gingerybookstore.com/product143.html I believe it's only available used at this point, but: "Chapters include: laboratory glass blowing, laboratory optical work, technique of high vacuum, coating of surfaces by evaporation and sputtering, the use of fused silica, electrometers and electroscopes, Geiger cou…
Cliff Stoll is a pretty funny guy. He also wrote a fascinating book about tracking hackers back in the day.
There's an episode of Nova about it as well, that's up free online various places. Cliff is such a unique and energetic personality it's really entertaining to watch.
This reminds me of the old Lindsay Publications reprint of Procedures in Experimental Physics from 1938. https://gingerybookstore.com/product143.html I believe it's only available used at this point, but: "Chapters include: laboratory glass blowing, laboratory optical work, technique of high vacuum, coating of surfaces by evaporation and sputtering, the use of fused silica, electrometers and electroscopes, Geiger cou…
https://archive.org/details/ProceduresInExperimentalPhysics
It's birdwalking a bit, but you posting that also made me check to see if Internet Archive has early editions of Vogel's Practical Organic Chemistry, and they do!
Another really cool blast from the past.
https://archive.org/details/Practical_Organic_Chemistry_Voge...
This man has just given me half an hour of pure delight. I haven't laughed this much with unadulterated joy since I was a little girl. His enthusiasm and happiness and weltanschauung are contagious!
This man has just given me half an hour of pure delight. I haven't laughed this much with unadulterated joy since I was a little girl. His enthusiasm and happiness and weltanschauung are contagious!
Welt·an·schau·ung: a particular philosophy or view of life; the worldview of an individual or group.