A 1947 book trumpeted the fact that this new invention could be used to locate thunderstorms
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Weather - AOPA  Apr 5, 2016 ... News & Media ... In fact, don't fly even within 10 miles of any thunderstorm, and stay 20 ... to pilots who deliberately flew through thunderstorms in 1946 and 1947. ... World War II, the invention and growth of technology such as radar, and ... and weather technicians the U.S. Army and Navy trained and used.
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Lightning Myths and Facts - Lightning Safety - National Oceanic and ...  Myth: If you're caught outside during a thunderstorm, you should crouch down to ... Bolts from the blue can strike 10-15 miles from the thunderstorm. ... Fact: Most cars are safe from lightning, but it is the metal roof and metal sides that protect you, ... In the past, 3 to 5 km (2-3 miles) was as used in lightning safety education.
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Severe Weather 101: Thunderstorm Detection  News & Media ... We can see thunderstorms with a variety of tools. ... Weather radar is very important to meteorologists because it can detect rain and severe...
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Jeopardy! Online Test Preparation: Redux : self - Reddit  Jan 26, 2010 ... In the spirit of this post from yesterday, I would like to continue with .... A 1947 book trumpeted the fact that this new invention could be used to...
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Jeopary Questions page 2203 - DECADE OF DISCOVERY ...  TECHNOLOGY: A 1947 book trumpeted the fact that this new invention could be used to locate thunderstorms  BRITISH ROYALTY: The estate outside Paris...
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During a thunderstorm, this faint glowing light sometimes appears ...  Jul 6, 2016 ... During an electrical storm in this 1931 horror film, a monster comes ... Antonio sang up a storm as Che in this 1996 musical # Quiz # Question.
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In the movie Twister...? | Yahoo Answers  Sep 30, 2010 ... The Dorothy and DOT machines featured in the popular 1996 disaster ... In the film, a team of storm chasers try to perfect a data-gathering instrument, ... projects like VORTEX of the NOAA and the device, called Dorothy, ... The TOtable Tornado Observatory (nicknamed "TOTO" after the dog in the film The...
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Intellicast - Radar  A weather radar is used to locate precipitation, calculate its motion, estimate its type (rain, snow, hail, etc.) ... The NOWRAD Radar Summary map displays cell movement and direction by arrows, with speed in knots, and the echo top heights in hundreds of feet. ... Digital systems now offer storm tracking surveillance.
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Franklin's Lightning Rod | The Franklin Institute  Ben Franklin wanted to prove that lightning was electricity, and attempt to protect ... What would you think if you saw a man chasing a thunder and lightning ... In one of his letters, he described the shock as ... In June of 1752, Franklin was in Philadelphia, waiting for the steeple on top of ... History of Science and Technology.
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World's first earthquake detector was invented 2000 ... - ZME Science  Jul 17, 2014 ... A modern replica of Zhang Heng's famous seismoscope. ... instruments dispersed in key places around the world that constantly keep watch, ... the first seismometer was invented in China in 132 AD by a Chinese astronomer,...
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MichelsonMorley experiment - Wikipedia  The MichelsonMorley experiment was performed over the spring and summer of 1887 by Albert A. Michelson and Edward W. Morley at what is now Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and published in November of the same year. It compared the speed of light in perpendicular directions, in an attempt to .... If the Earth is traveling through an aether medium, a beam reflecting back...
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Physics Buzz: February 2011  Feb 28, 2011 ... Detection of gamma rays was 1 of the uses for this 1947 instant picture taker. What is A POLAROID-LAND CAMERA? ($300) After length, width...
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Severe Weather 101: Thunderstorm FAQ  There is no one direction the wind comes from when thunderstorms or tornadoes occur. Where warm moist air is forced to rise by hills, mountains, or areas where warm/cold or ... Radars let us see where rain and hail are located in the storm. ... To get thunder you need strong updrafts (convection), which means rapidly...
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Robert Goddard and the Smithsonian | National Air and Space ...  Dec 3, 2010 ... The Smithsonian published Goddard's classic treatise on rocketry, A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes, in 1919. ... The author did his best to understate the more sensational aspects ... The paper concluded, however, with a remark that it might even be possible to send a multistage rocket to the moon.
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Illumin - Catch a Wave: Radio Waves and How They Work
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The 1945 Proposal by Arthur C. Clarke for Geostationary Satellite ...  Sir Arthur C. Clarke's most famous prediction on the future is his proposal of ... satellite communications published in the Wireless World magazine in 1945. ... There is a minor reference to Clarke's article titled Extra-Terrestrial Relays published...
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Inventors, Philip Gengembre Hubert - Scientific Library  The great invention or discovery which entitles Benjamin Franklin to rank at ... In 1746 he sent one of the new electrical tubes with a paper of directions for using it. .... that contain lightning are electrified or not, I would propose an experiment to .... of heaven," of course could not escape, and the impiety of lightning-rods was...
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Microwave Oven - Southwest Museum Of Engineering ...  Percy Spencer, while working for the Raytheon Company, discovered a more ... In 1945, Spencer created a device to cook food using microwave radiation. ... magnetron), when he discovered that the candy bar in his pocket had melted. ... Engineers went to work on Spencer's hot new idea, developing and refining it for...
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COHERERS, A REVIEW A Thesis Submitted in ... - ResearchGate  The first known radio frequency detector was the coherer, and even ... to the MOM 'diode' and the STM, was found to have been completely anticipated ..... Idem; Eine neue Methode, elektrische Wellen nachzuweisen [A New Method of ...... make use of a carbon button microphone. ..... In the 1930s, it was discovered that.
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Ask me a trivia question - Discussion on Topix  Jul 14, 2009 ... It's the direct result of rapid expansion and contraction of air in path of a lightning bolt. Thunder. Reply . Report Abuse Judge it! 3 Dog night.
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jeopardy/143_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  Wrong: Value: $500. Number: 17. INVENTIONS | Among his many creations was an audiometer to detect vestigial hearing in the deaf | Alexander Graham Bell.