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Tesla

PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 4:48 pm
by MHD
A work mate of mine found a chick that had its nest destroyed by building works... he has looked after it and now it is looking quite amazing!
Tesla: one lucky Crimson Rosella!
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 4:48 pm
by MHD

PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 5:32 pm
by Onyx
That's a geeky name, named after Nikolaus Tesla?

PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 6:21 pm
by Matt. K
That's how I met my wife!

PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:22 pm
by Killakoala
That's how I met my wife!


Huh?

She was put out of home by a building site and you took her in an looked after her????

PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:54 pm
by W00DY
Killakoala wrote:
That's how I met my wife!


Huh?

She was put out of home by a building site and you took her in an looked after her????


:lol: :lol: :lol:

PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 9:44 pm
by Matt. K
Killa
I was up in the Wardroom at Watson Bay Navel Base the other night. Damn good view of the city lights! Took a few pics but not real impressed with them. I was using a shiraz filter.
http://www.pbase.com/matt_k/image/37493350

PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 10:30 pm
by mudder
What a beautiful bird... Your mate must be an animal nut too huh... Good on him for doing that... Spose it's one way to get a patient model huh...

I used to work in a high-rise building in Melbourne where the perigrine (spelling?) falcons used to hang out, feeding on pidgeons I suppose when one day the pair of them landed on the window sill beside my desk...

Watched them for a few minutes before they flew off, wow that was a buzz to see them so close...

Cheers,
Mudder

PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 10:33 pm
by MHD
Onyx wrote:That's a geeky name, named after Nikolaus Tesla?

Indeed!

:D

PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 10:49 pm
by MCWB
Pfft. :roll: I see your Tesla, and raise you 13.1 more. :)

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A 14.1 Tesla magnet.


Absolutely gorgeous shot by the way! The 50/1.4 again I presume? Awesome stuff!

PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 10:55 pm
by Matt. K
Oh! I see! a teslar! For making coffee. Just 1 sugar thanks.

PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 11:01 pm
by MCWB
Matt. K wrote:Oh! I see! a teslar! For making coffee. Just 1 sugar thanks.
As my dad would say, "Oh a Tesla! I had one of those, but the wheels fell off"! :)

PostPosted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 8:04 am
by MHD
Hah!
Here is the H-1NF Heliac...
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Magnets energised by 14,000 Amps at 1100 volts (that quite a few MW people :) )

PostPosted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:29 am
by Killakoala
Two great examples of 'contrivances'

What are they used for. Any practical purpose or just for demonstrating principles.

PostPosted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 12:14 pm
by mudder
G'day,
A mate at work and I at work were just wondering...

If you cross the black&gold tape, will the magnetic field suck the fillings out of your teeth? ;-)

Cheers,
Mudder

PostPosted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 12:16 pm
by MHD
hehe... That or the microwaves will fry your boys...

PostPosted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:42 pm
by MCWB
Killakoala wrote:What are they used for.

The NMR spectrometer I showed is very useful. It can be used to determine that the only carbon-containing compound in Eclipse fluid is methanol. :D I think it does other, possibly more mundane things too! ;)

PostPosted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 2:27 am
by Dargan
It good to have a current topic running, for a while I was thinking that MattK had a shocking experience when he first met his wife

PostPosted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 9:57 pm
by Vicareyus
and there I was thinking how terrible it would be if the Govt sells off all of Tesla...but now Im not sure about anything.