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The world’s longest-running experiment is still teaching us physics
In 1927, physicist Thomas Parnell poured hot pitch into a funnel at the University of Queensland. In this context, “pitch” is ...
In a quiet corner of a physics building in Australia, a glass funnel filled with a tar-like substance has been dripping so slowly that only nine drops have ever fallen. As it approaches its centenary, ...
100 Years, Nine Drops, Zero Eyewitnesses: Inside the World’s Longest-Running Lab Experiment (Image: University of Queensland) The Pitch Drop Experiment, begun in 1927 at Australia’s University of ...
James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
What if a material that looks solid could actually flow… over nearly a century? Launched in 1927 by an Australian professor to illustrate viscosity, an experiment of disarming simplicity has become a ...
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