Recent content by JeffCyr

Thank you, since it's for drawing I was planning on using the outer most lines for measurements. So it should be fine for the main shape the rest I'll tweak as need be. Thank you very much! I knew I should have gone to scientists rather than artists to learn perspective!

This is a weird question that I'm not quite sure how to phrase so I'll do my best. Reason for the question: I'm trying to learn perspective in art but guides and tutorials aren't helping so I thought of using geometry. Scenario/question: I'm looking to have a formula I could use to see how far...

I think the reason why spheres are the assumed shape is due to the inherent benefit of having all the pressure be evenly distributed. The reason though why I wanted to use a vacuum rather than gas is mostly because I don't want a simple blimp or balloon shape I wanted something distinctly unique...

Yeah I looked into Cavorite a bit, I don't really like the idea of borrowing terms from other fiction I'd prefer come up with my own or leave the unobtainium un-named

I don't know what "Cavorite" is, while I love the steampunk aesthetic I'm rather shallow in my familiarity to it. Also 7% can be quite significant when you're talking tonnes, Plus hydrogen is flammable, I don't want the obvious "Hindenburg" foreshadowing. Yes instead it's catastrophic collapse...

Oooh that's an interesting idea thanks!

Thank you very very very much! Both for giving me the simple answer I asked and for explaining it in detail. My intension was to have air density be overall much denser on the surface than at altitude, having the altitude where they "settled" their cities be at the same air pressure as sea level...

Yes thank you... The reason I haven't used this is that I'm a high school dropout. This gets me confused more than anything which is why I was hoping someone would be kind and give me the raw info of "X cubic meters of Vacuum could support Y mg at sea level"

Oops my bad didn't realize there was a dedicated section for this.

I'm writing a serialized Steampunk-fantasy story in which the cities float high in the planet's atmosphere using a combination of Magic and technology (sci-fi-ish steampunk technology) Though I want to bring it as close to real science as I can. From some google searches it seems that a vacuum...

oh yeah I know, just mentioned how I ignore the whole "realistic" thing

Ah thank you!

Thank you, although that's a bit of unknown for me. Does that mean that 1 second is the span of 9 192 631 770 change in energy levels of a cesium atom at 0 kelvin?

I recall hearing somewhere that the official length of a second was now kept by the measure of how much an atom of a certain material or isotope decays, such as "When X decays by Y it equals one second" For the novel I'm writing I need a means to measure seconds that would be completely...

Oops, I would have replied sooner but I think I missed the notification email among newsletters. I effectively rely on magic to do the conversion, I'm just trying to make it seem a bit more realistic with the idea of "Magic is only science we can't fathom yet" for example the model I use is the...