I love that. It was actually in my Calculus book with a big bold title: "The Great Molasses Flood of 1919"iMeowbot said:
Aparently the Guinness reps wanted to see it standing on its stick (fnarr) before they would count it.iJon said:What I don't understand is this. They said it was assembled in NJ. Wouldn't that mean they already broke the world record, they just didn't get their spectacular presentation of it in NY.
Mechcozmo said:Not to get technical, but the word is "sublimate", as in, 'The dry ice would sublimate into a gas as soon as the temperature of the dry ice rose above 351.5 K.'
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MongoTheGeek said:Not to be a pedantic ass. 194.5K
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I would assume that's the catch.iMeowbot said:Aparently the Guinness reps wanted to see it standing on its stick (fnarr) before they would count it.
SpaceMagic said:Not to get technical... butt dry ICE wouldn't thaw, it'd sublime, turning into gas as soon as the sun shines on it. Plus.. it sublimes at -78.5
Wow... don't you love a little GCSE knowledge + the Wikipedia widget
Anywayciao
And that is the reason tanks are now rated for a certain mass/volume/etc. capacity. They weren't back then, you see.iMeowbot said:
You think that doesn't happen in Boston?puckhead193 said:Us new yorkers don't think...we just do it... like crossing the street, we don't look we just walk....![]()
Oh, but there were standards. That's why USIA were found guilty, no inspections. The company played the system, avoiding tank inspections by asserting that it was a building, and avoiding building inspections by asserting that it was a tank. Nice bunch, they were!Counterfit said:And that is the reason tanks are now rated for a certain mass/volume/etc. capacity. They weren't back then, you see.