Pythagoras called three the noblest of digits. I am beginning to become obsessed with three – seeing trinities, triumvirates and triads of them everywhere except on the blinking trailer. “They all go the minute we get them in.”ĭid the Three Tenors, Three Little Pigs, Three French Hens, Three Stooges, Three Musketeers, Three Amigos, Three Blind Mice, three bean salad, Three Little Figs Cafe, three-toed sloths, three bedroom houses, Three Fates, Three Furies, three wise men, 3-D movies and Goldilocks and the Three Bears use them all up? “ There are never any threes mate,” the sales assistant said. He felt compelled to ask at the third Bunnings what was the chance of ever getting a 3 and was informed he’d virtually need to be on the doorstep at 3am on the day of delivery to secure the elusive number. The hubby has been to a variety of stores at various locations and been faced by the same dearth of desired numeral on every occasion. Is there some correlation between genius and electrified hair I wonder?Īt any rate clearly I have neither the hair, nor the head space to resolve what has become the V ery Vexing Mystery of the Number Three.įor some weeks now we’ve been trying to buy a three two stick-on reflective 3’s in fact, to affix to a trailer to mirror the ute’s registration so we can take some of the accumulated junk in the garage to the tip. As student and friend of Albert Einstein – whose hair also famously stood on end – Miller had the world’s best brain in his corner. In any event who cared about the stuffy alumni. I knew my purpose well and clear: to show how Nature behaves without cluttering its beauty with abstruse mathematics.” “ If I had done what they wanted my programs would be as dull as their classes. “ The academics were a special triumph for me,” he proudly declared. Miller was the bane of the intellectual elite who accused him of trivialising maths and science. This involved putting a lit piece of paper into a bottle and placing a peeled boiled egg on top: as “Watch it! Watch it!” the air inside the bottle heated up, the egg would be sucked inside due to the change in air pressure. He used his considerable showmanship to hook kids on the basic principles of physics.īack in the day when there were still milk bottles, many, many eggs were sacrificed in households across the land by children trying to replicate his most famous trick to demonstrate atmospheric pressure. With his outlandish wiry ear muffs and beetling black brows raised independently in fierce inquiry, he was the poster boy for the most unpopular of sciences. Demonstrations should be performed by qualified individuals only.It may be 27 years since his death, but who can’t immediately conjure Professor Julius Sumner Miller asking that trademark question in his trans-Atlantic twang? Demonstrations may pose a significant hazard and can, in some instances, result in death reasonable safety precautions must be taken. Warnings and precautionary measures listed on this site assume normal operation of equipment and are not inclusive. The author(s) assume no responsibility or liability for the use of information contained on this site. liquid nitrogen - pop a balloon, smash chrysanthemum, wieners, cannonĭisclaimer: All demonstrations are posted for the convenience and benefit of faculty and staff in the Department of Physics at Simon Fraser University and are not intended for outside use.Gordon Shrum at the Bayshore approx 2 weeks later. misc throwaways - dry ice newspaper on shingle - didn't work. milk vs cream - which is heavier? (talk, no demo).horizontal meter stick, release one end.electrophorus, discharge to 'volunteers' nose, fluorescent tube.2 vertical pipes excited by air stream, vary length of one.eddy currents - horseshoe magnet on string, aluminum plate on pivot.short and tall candles in a beaker, cover beaker, which goes out first.boiling water at reduced pressure (stoppered flask and ice).Rijke tubes (2 of, copper), beat frequency, hold pipes horizontal and run with them.Miller's part of the tape lasts 1 hour and 34 minutes. Also on the tape is a recording of demonstrations presented by Gordon Shrum on a different occasion. Recording of a show presented at SFU in 1983. Professor Julius Sumner Miller at SFU, 1983
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