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Thank you very much, that clears that issue.

Hello. I've regained a certain interest in lighter-than-air-craft recently. To satisfy this interest, I wish to construct a small, rigid, unmanned, moored, hydrogen balloon within the bounds of reason. I'm most definitely not an engineer to any extent, and as such, I have many questions...

Thank you! I'll do some more research.

So, it is just a property of Uranium 235 to break when bombarded with slow neutrons. I'm going to amuse this because it is unstable, which I suppose would mean I don't have a clear knowledge of instability in atoms. By what I have read, would an atom become unstable when it reaches a specific...

Thank you. But I know that separating atoms takes an incredible amount of energy considering they are bound by an incredible amount of energy. But why is Uranium 235 an exception? The Binding force for U235 must still be present in order to get the amount of energy we can from it (Atomic bombs...

Hello. I have some questions regarding Uranium 235 and its instability. Whenever you hear about nuclear reactions, you almost always hear Uranium 235 linked with it as being quite suitable for splitting because it is unstable (At least I do). I have been vaguely exploring nuclear...

I'm quite frustrated right now. I almost finished making my diagram, all to get an error and have the diagram deleted. So I really just don't care right now. I'm sure I'm just making some stupid mistake that I just need to calm down and think logically about for a day, so I will not be posting...

I've been working on a breadboard project in which 8 dip switches must be in the right combination in order to light an LED. But it simply refuses to work. I don't exactly know what is happening, so I can't explain the results. I have triple checked my logic in both my head and on simulation...

Hello. I'm just wondering how many cubic feet of gaseous hydrogen are in one gallon of liquid hydrogen. I know I'm not being too specific and that many variables are involved (temperature, atmospheric pressure... etc), but approximately how many are in a gallon? And yes, I have checked...

Hello, I recall watching a show that discussed several personal flying devise the military had invented over the years. One of them was the Hiller's flying platform, but there was another that they mentioned. It was a jet pack of sorts (I can't recall it's name) and it used steam. I don't...

I've been doing many searches on mechanical logic gates, and I have a couple observations. 1: Most of the illustrations are Lego... I have nothing against Lego, but it would be nice to see a more professional example. 2: Nearly all of them involve levers rather than gears, and values "0" and "1"...

I appreciate the suggestion, but I don't think I could afford one of those, even if they are smaller and cheaper than their professional counterparts. But perhaps if I could get per-crafted mechanical parts...?

Very helpful! Thank you very much! I just may have to find a way to tinker with these now...

Very neat! I found that second link of yours particularly fascinating! Thank you! Another question comes to mind when I take a look at those mechanical computers. Is is possible to make logic gates such as NOT, OR and NAND out of just gears and levers and such?

Hello all. Just a quick question about logical operations gears can preform. I know if you have a large gear turn a small gear, the center of the small gear will spin faster than the large. But are there any other logic operations that gears can preform? Thank you for viewing.