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This is a list of the world's largest machines, both static and movable in history. Building structure ... Tunnel boring machine: 99 m (324 ft 10 in) [8] 17.5 m (57 ...
Machines that generated static electricity with a glass disc were popular and widespread in Europe by 1740. [3] In 1745, German cleric Ewald Georg von Kleist and Dutch scientist Pieter van Musschenbroek discovered independently that the electric charge from these machines could be stored in a Leyden jar , named after the city of Leiden in the ...
The largest air-insulated Van de Graaff generator in the world, built by Dr. Van de Graaff in the 1930s, is now displayed permanently at Boston's Museum of Science. With two conjoined 4.5 m (15 ft) aluminium spheres standing on columns 22 ft (6.7 m) tall, this generator can often obtain 2 MV (2 million volts).
Image credits: Old-time Photos To learn more about the fascinating world of photography from the past, we got in touch with Ed Padmore, founder of Vintage Photo Lab.Ed was kind enough to have a ...
Electrostatic machines are typically used in science classrooms to safely demonstrate electrical forces and high voltage phenomena. The elevated potential differences achieved have been also used for a variety of practical applications, such as operating X-ray tubes, particle accelerators, spectroscopy, medical applications, sterilization of food, and nuclear physics experiments.
Sitka is the largest city by total area in the US at 2,870 square miles. Archive Photos/Getty Images 1880: Alaska was populated by many Native tribes for thousands of years.
Alaska: Anchorage: University of Alaska, Consortium Library 52 ft (15.8 m) 240 lb (108.8 kg) 7.9 s Arizona: Tempe: Arizona State University, Bateman Physical Sciences Center 70.5 ft (21.5 m) 238 lb (108 kg) 9.3 s Arkansas: Conway: Hendrix College: California: Bakersfield: California State University Bakersfield Physics Center Fresno
Here are some images of the northern green anaconda, indigenous to the Orinoco Basin of the Amazon and "magnificent" in size.