Posted Oct 5, 2004 by Ek* this space intentionally left blank *ki
Fascinating in many ways, not least because it dredged up a faded school memory.
I remember being told that Hooke realised that springs and such like had an elastic limit by dropping cats out of his laboratory while at Cambridge ... fact or fiction I haven't a scooby ... cats apparently stop returning to their original state if you drop them from too high.
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Posted Dec 30, 2004 by FordsTowel
ROFL, Ekky!
And, I sure am hoping that this is just a folk tale!!
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