#physics

Stories tagged “physics” in the Weird Science History archive — 6 stories connected by this topic.

• The Park Ranger Struck by Lightning Seven Times
• The Slinky: The Walking Spring That Fell Off a Navy Workbench
• The Motor That Ran for Twenty-Six Years on a Secret Room Full of Compressed Air
• The Bathtub That Took 24 Hours to Drain to Test a Myth
• The Ether-Hunting Machine That Found Nothing — and Broke Physics
• Galloping Gertie: The Bridge That Taught Engineers to Fear the Wind

Related topics: #history of science #meteorology #science myths #20th century #accidental-invention #aerodynamics #Albert Einstein #bridges