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 >Outside US:904-942-7222 Fax:904-942-1240 > >Life is short -- this is not a rehearsal. > > > >
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