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Engineering
K7-42: BARRICADE FLASHER
Category:
K7 RLC Circuits
Purpose
:
Demonstrate a barricade flasher circuit.
K2-47: SPEEDOMETER MODEL
Category:
K2 Electromagnetic Induction
Purpose
:
Demonstrate operating principle of some speedometers.
J7-31: VISIBLE HARD DRIVE
Category:
J7 Magnetic Materials
Purpose
:
See what the guts of a fixed magnetic drive look like.
F5-31: MAGNUS EFFECT - FLETTNER'S SHIP
Category:
F5 Forces in Moving Fluids
Purpose
:
Demonstrate the Magnus effect.
G1-54: MASS'S DOUBLE PENDULUM
Category:
G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose
:
Demonstrate the transition of potential energy into energy of oscillation of the pendulum, and the operation of an escapement.
F4-53: ARCHIMEDES' SCREW
Category:
F4 Fluid in Motion
Purpose
:
Demonstrate a pump mechanism invented by Archimedes.
F4-51: VACUUM PUMP MODEL
Category:
F4 Fluid in Motion
Purpose
:
Illustrate how a mechanical vacuum pump works.
F2-12: HOT AIR BALLOON
Category:
F2 Buoyancy
Purpose
:
Show that hot air is less dense than cold air by operating a hot air balloon.
F1-14: PISTON DIAMETER VS TRAVEL - WORKING MODEL
Category:
F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose
:
Show that with an incompressible fluid the bigger piston moves more slowly than the smaller piston.
F1-11: HYDRAULIC PRESS
Category:
F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose
:
Demonstrate dramatically Pascal's Law and the large forces attainable using hydraulic systems.
D4-23: GYROCOMPASS
Category:
D4 Gyroscopes
Purpose
:
Illustrate the operation of the gyrocompass.
D4-21: SHIP STABILIZER
Category:
D4 Gyroscopes
Purpose
:
Demonstrate how a gyroscope can stabilize the rocking of a ship.
D2-12: TOPPLING CHIMNEY
Category:
D2 Moment of Inertia
Purpose
:
Demonstrate how a toppling chimney breaks up.
B4-14: ELASTIC LIMIT OF WIRE
Category:
B4 Elasticity
Purpose
:
Demonstrate the variation in tensile strength with wire diameter.
E2-42: TELESCOPE MODEL
Category:
E2 Astronomy
Purpose
:
Show how a telescope can view any point in the sky using a universal mount.
B1-16: CORBELED ARCH
Category:
B1 Center of Mass Statics
Purpose
:
Illustrate how the center of mass affects the stability of an arch
A2-32: HEIGHT MEASUREMENT BY TRIGONOMETRY
Category:
A2 Mathematics
Purpose
:
Determine the height of a student using trigonometry
A1-43: CROSSING RODS
Category:
A1 Basic Materials and Measurement
Purpose
:
Visualize three-dimensional figures
A1-42: DRAWING PUZZLE - HALF CUBE
Category:
A1 Basic Materials and Measurement
Purpose
:
Visualize three-dimensional figures
A1-41: DRAWING PUZZLE - INTERSECTING RODS
Category:
A1 Basic Materials and Measurement
Purpose
:
Visualize three-dimensional figures
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