Archimedes Principle at Work Here

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HiTekRedNek Guru Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: 44.56024"N 15.307971E Posts: 8277 Good Answers: 270	Archimedes Principle at Work Here 01/27/2025 6:20 AM
	Amazing forethought and engineering! Old principle, new technology applied. Beautiful, elegant, efficient and functional. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tBH9SE-Kw8#ddg-play __________________ "A man never stands so tall as when he stoops to help a child." "Never argue with a stupid person.They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience" "To create an apple pie from scratch, first you must create a universe"
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JWthetech Guru Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: 18N 65W o Posts: 1003 Good Answers: 28	#1 Re: Archimedes Principle at Work Here 01/27/2025 10:25 AM
	Thank you, most interesting
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Rixter Guru Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: About 4000 miles from the center of the earth (+/-100 mi) Posts: 9912 Good Answers: 1141	#2 Re: Archimedes Principle at Work Here 01/27/2025 11:28 AM
	Beam me up, Scotty!
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SolarEagle Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: by the beach in Florida Posts: 33392 Good Answers: 1817	#3 Re: Archimedes Principle at Work Here 01/27/2025 1:15 PM
	https://cr4.globalspec.com/blogentry/5840/Falkirk-Wheel-You-Spin-Me-Right-Round-Baby __________________ All living things seek to control their own destiny....this is the purpose of life
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Nigh Guru Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: South east U.K. Posts: 3695 Good Answers: 93	#4 Re: Archimedes Principle at Work Here 01/28/2025 4:03 AM
	Great piece of engineering that I would like to visit one day. __________________ I didn't have a really important life, but at least it's been funny (Lemmy Kilminster 1945-2015)
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The Wizard Power-User Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 236 Good Answers: 9	#5 Re: Archimedes Principle at Work Here 01/28/2025 4:36 AM
	Amazing tilting Bridge in Newcastle Tilting Opening Newcastle Gateshead Millennium Bridge - Elapsed time
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steve45 Power-User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 273 Good Answers: 12	#6 Re: Archimedes Principle at Work Here 01/28/2025 8:24 AM
	That's pretty cool! Thanks! I'm amazed that the locks on the ends appear to seal so well. I figure that would be the hardest part to design for longevity.
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Anonymous Poster #1	#7 Re: Archimedes Principle at Work Here 01/28/2025 11:41 AM
	Duplicate thread.
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Codemaster Guru Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Stoke-on-Trent, UK Posts: 4496 Good Answers: 137	#8 Re: Archimedes Principle at Work Here 01/28/2025 11:56 AM
	Been there. It's brilliant. The sculpture below, known as The Kelpies isn't far away. They're about 30m tall, very impressive __________________ Give masochists a fair crack of the whip
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