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Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 16:17:55 -0800
From: George Irvine <gmiiii@in*.co*>
Subject: Why do we have to have this shit rfrom Chris?Re: Harris martin:
     velocimeter?
To: techvid@ne*.co* (Brown, Christopher),
     "William H. Latham"
    
Cc: cavers@ge*.co*, techdiver@terra.net

 Why do we have to have this shit from chris Brown?

On Thu, 7 Nov 1996, techvid@ne*.co* (Brown, Christopher) wrote:
>" Harris martin: velocimeter?"
>
> At first it was a startling concept -- but then I thought "Why not? We
>must at least try."
>
>First we put a propeller-beanie on Harris' head. Then we force him to
>ingest large anounts of a hops/malt/barley concoction laced with more large
>amounts of flourescent dye.
>
>Next, we place Harris in the current -- beanie propeller rotation
>perpendicular to the flow, of course. (He can be fixed solidlly in place on
>the cave floor by setting large chucks of goethite on him. They're all over
>the cave walls and ceiling, easily broken off as we need them, and will
>grow back in a million years anyway.) Once he is fixed, we open the p-valve
>on his suit and move away.
>
>Then, when the silt has cleared, we can start recording info. The rate of
>rotation on the beanie's propeller is calculated against the time it takes
>for the trace formula to egress the velocimeter, divided by the expiration
>rate of the unit's power source, and volume of gas migration from the trace
>formula together with the concomitant expansion of Harris' suit.
>
>Elegent, non-polluting, inexpensive, disposable, easily replaceable.
>
>"Harris Martin: velocimeter?"
>
>I vote "yes!"
>
>
>
>"Denta-Snork? Certainly -- reduces 'scrubber-breath'. 'Nuff said."
>Rod Farb
>
>Christopher A. Brown
>The Technical Diving Video Library (TDVL)
> http://www.neuro.fsu.edu/dave/docent.htm
>(N.Am. & Canada): 1-800-373-7222
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>
>Life is short -- this is not a rehearsal.
>
>
>
>

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