Bwitchymemes·Witchy MemesbyBarelyTheramin Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magicView original on lemmy.world200Comments9
Mossy Feathers (She/Her) pawb.social3Hide 3 repliesWhat is the thing on the bottom right? It looks like the Westinghouse Atom Smasher, but the protruding bulbs don't fit. Also they stopped using the Atom Smasher in the 1950s.11
TTalesFromTheKitchen replylemmy.ml2Hide 2 repliesLooks Kind oft linke those old mercury arc rectifiers. Yeah pretty sure, the blue glow is from the arc.10
CChickenstalker replylemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesMagnets. How do they work? (This is a valid question that has no full answer).6
What is the thing on the bottom right? It looks like the Westinghouse Atom Smasher, but the protruding bulbs don't fit. Also they stopped using the Atom Smasher in the 1950s.
Looks Kind oft linke those old mercury arc rectifiers. Yeah pretty sure, the blue glow is from the arc.
You are correct.
Thank you!
But electromagnetic forces are basically magic ..
Magnets. How do they work? (This is a valid question that has no full answer).
Obligatory Feynman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO0r930Sn_8
Also witchcraft
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