dantheclamman@lemmy.worldM to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agoPitch drop experiment (longest one almost 100 years running)en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkPitch drop experiment (longest one almost 100 years running)en.wikipedia.orgdantheclamman@lemmy.worldM to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agomessage-square1linkfedilinkfile-text
A pitch drop experiment is a long-term experiment which measures the flow of a piece of pitch over many years.
minus-squaresalvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-219 days agoFun fact: no one has even seen the pitch actually drop - they had a camera set up to catch the ninth drop in 2014 but it fell during a server outage. You can watch a live feed of the tenth drop!
Fun fact: no one has even seen the pitch actually drop - they had a camera set up to catch the ninth drop in 2014 but it fell during a server outage. You can watch a live feed of the tenth drop!