After filling the pond with your garden hose, add Pond Detoxifier to the water so it is safe for your fish. Dip a five-gallon bucket, or similar sized container, in the fish holding tank and fill it with water. After you’ve caught a fish, place it in the bucket and set the bucke...
Aero derivativegas turbineengines generate heat that is converted from mechanical energy into electrical power. To achieve this, compressed air is ignited in a combustion chamber. The hot exhaust is forced over a turbine that spins to mechanically drive a shaft. This power can then be used to s...
It's been more than a decade since the Philadelphia 76ers began their so-called "process" to tank-the-team, earn high draft picks, and set themselves up for a bright future. This strategy has now become the norm across sports, and for the Sixers' sake, it did yield them Joel Embiid...
By adjusting the plane's ailerons (or spoiler) a pilot can cause the lift to increase in one wing and decrease in the other. One wing rises, the other descends. This causes the body of the plane to rotate along its roll axis, which results in a maneuver known as aroll. When a pla...
to just always fire it upon receiving an attack of greater than 14 garbage, but, of course, then you have lost the structure. The other obvious solution is to simply not add leaves to one side of the beanstalk unless the stalk is more than 6 blocks tall, so that one can tank a 5-...
Most boat owners are shocked when they do this math. At Compass Marine Inc. we have never seen a single lead acid battery bank hit its lab rating in the marine environment. This is especially true on cruising boats. Lead acid lab numbers are fairy-tale ratings when applied to real world...
The core of the matter is this: Even a clear sky isn't empty. Our atmosphere is a massive fluid layer, and the right application of physics makes it possible for humans to traverse it. In this article, we'll walk through the basic principles of aviation and the various forces at work...
I chartered a yacht in Greece and relied heavily on my dry bag while I was there. When mooring in tiny bays, I was able to fill my dry bag with my camera, towel, and sunscreen, jump in the sea, and swim to the nearest empty beach without worrying about keeping my belongings dry. ...
(64 to 68 percent nitrogen, 32 to 36 percent oxygen). The gas is contained in a cylinder that you carry on your back. The typical cylinder is made of aluminum, weighs about 31 pounds (14 kg) empty and holds 80 cubic feet (2,265 L) of air at 3000 pounds per square-inch (psi),...
He rises with the most serene, enlightened smile, then plods over to the -- LIVING ROOM SLASH KITCHEN Where he removes a bag of white bread from the sad, empty fridge. The bread is nearly gone too. Only the ends remain. Ki-Tek takes a piece and picks off the moldy parts. He ...