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  2. Water-level task - Wikipedia

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    The subject is shown an upright bottle or glass with a water level marked, then shown pictures of the container tilted at different angles without the level marked and asked to mark where the water level would be. Piaget and Inhelder developed the test as part of their work on child development.

  3. Lawnchair Larry flight - Wikipedia

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    He had all necessary licenses and permissions, carried an oxygen supply, ADS-B transponder, and remote control of ballast and balloon-popping squibs. He released himself from the balloons and free-fell until his parachute automatically opened at 7,000 feet (2,100 m). [33] The balloon was then remotely piloted by the ground team to a safe ...

  4. Two-balloon experiment - Wikipedia

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    When the valve is opened, the smaller balloon shrinks and the larger balloon expands. The two-balloon experiment is an experiment involving interconnected balloons. It is used in physics classes as a demonstration of elasticity. Two identical balloons are inflated to different diameters and connected by means of a tube.

  5. Project Icarus (photography) - Wikipedia

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    Project Icarus was an experiment in 2009 to launch a camera into the stratosphere undertaken by MIT students, Justin Lee and Oliver Yeh. [1]The launch vehicle consisted of a weather balloon filled with helium and a styrofoam beer cooler that hung underneath the balloon.

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  7. MythBusters (2008 season) - Wikipedia

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    Tory and Grant originally intended for Adam and Jamie to build a potato cannon and left the requisite materials, but the MythBusters had different ideas. They used a tarp, a PVC pipe, and a rope to create a large kite, and though it took several failed attempts, they were able to get it to fly at a height of 100 feet (30 m) within minutes of ...

  8. General Scholium - Wikipedia

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    The Newton Project Canada: Downloadable PDFs of the General Scholium and interpretive aids; The Newton Project UK: The General Scholium transcribed as a webpage (similar to the Wikisource version) "Newton Reconsidered": Interview with prof. Stephen D. Snobelen about Newton and the General Scholium

  9. Blue bottle experiment - Wikipedia

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    The aqueous solution in the classical reaction contains glucose, sodium hydroxide and methylene blue. [14] In the first step an acyloin of glucose is formed. The next step is a redox reaction of the acyloin with methylene blue in which the glucose is oxidized to diketone in alkaline solution [6] and methylene blue is reduced to colorless leucomethylene blue.