Post AUaRuoVBNWeZP5Ti5I by marca56@mastodon.sdf.org
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(DIR) Post #AUaOOt1ajBz2IkinfE by publius@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-04-12T19:48:49Z
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Anybody who wants to buy me an absurdly expensive present, here it is : a working model nuclear power plant!https://www.ebay.com/itm/204200107586(From Wilesco, fine German makers of model steam engines)
(DIR) Post #AUaOb63C7k3uAwIGlE by leif5000@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-04-12T19:51:01Z
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@publius Wow!
(DIR) Post #AUaQ1iejJQWdOK6p1c by pdt@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-04-12T20:07:02Z
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@publius too bad it doesn't come with a miniature reactor but one can dream :)
(DIR) Post #AUaQvggTpXjrUbcDVg by publius@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-04-12T20:17:09Z
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@pdt I've been using a miniature Stirling engine, sitting on top of a mug (souvenir of a nuclear power plant) of hot water (out of a carafe marked "Westinghouse Nuclear Fuels"), to demonstrate the heat-work equivalency in my displays. But this would be even better.https://man-and-atom.tumblr.com/post/694577653475377152/demonstrating-the-great-principle-of-the
(DIR) Post #AUaRuoVBNWeZP5Ti5I by marca56@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-04-12T20:28:12Z
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@publius This is amazing! I had a huge chemistry set when I was a kid and made all kinds of stuff including a bomb that blew a hole in my driveway about 3 feet wide and about 6” deep :)