bigbuddie346 Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 ps. About the barometer. Well mate, off the top of me head, Even though we can't feel it, air is constantly pressing down on us with a tremendous force -- 14.7 lbs. per square inch (100,000 newtons per square meters), to be exact! This was graphically demonstrated in 1654 when Otto von Gueicke, Burgmeister of the town of Magdeburg, Germany used a vacuum pump to remove almost all of the air from the space between two half-meter diameter hemispheres. The air pressure holding them together was so strong that two teams of horses couldn't pull them apart; when air was let back in, the hemispheres fell apart easily. Air pressure is created by the weight of the earth's atmosphere. Although we can't see air, the gas molecules still have mass, and gravity acts upon it. The air pressure changes daily due to the heating and cooling of the earth's surface. When air gets warm, it expands, becoming less dense, and therefore pushes with less pressure. We can measure changes in atmospheric pressure by using a barometer. Some barometers use long glass tubes filled with mercury inverted in a dish. Air pressing down on the surface of the dish forces the mercury up the tube. Normal air pressure can support a column of mercury about 760 mm high. When atmospheric pressure drops, the force of the air pushing on the dish isn't as great, so the column of liquid falls and we have a "falling barometer." When the atmospheric pressure increases, the mercury rises, thus a "rising barometer." We use air pressure all the time when we breathe. When our diaphragm moves down, air is pushed into our lungs from the outside, expanding the volume of the chest cavity. The diaphragm doesn't "pull" air in; it expands the volume of our lungs, and the air pressure fills the volume. Hope this clears any questions you had up. Nice one Donga where did you cut n paste that one from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DongaTon Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 Aww jeez! Rumbled! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DongaTon Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 ps. There's one for starters... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sandman Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 ps. There's one for starters... You can't go about calling people barometers, ya weather cock (with a silent weather)..................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sandman Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 If you change the subject to old pubic toilets, Bill Lees & Tom McBlowcocksthruholesincubiclewalls would have their own series of 'All our Yesterdays'............................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sandman Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 Is that a sundial? I thought it was one of those monument things that has arrows pointing in all directions telling you how far away mountains/landmarks etc are?Doh. What were you doing up at the carpark in the sky? Too many 'straights' down the Old Largs Rd......................? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DongaTon Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 The Old Largs Road!?! I know Paisley reasonably well...went out with One Of Your Kind for a coupla years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sandman Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 The Old Largs Road!?! I know Paisley reasonably well...went out with One Of Your Kind for a coupla years. So you went out with Derek Parker of Paisley Express fame and went rambling up the Braes, HOW NICE............................... Never had you down as a Freemason, mind you................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DongaTon Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 You've lost me now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facepainter87 Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 Is that a sundial? I thought it was one of those monument things that has arrows pointing in all directions telling you how far away mountains/landmarks etc are?Doh. It's got both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny P Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 It's got both Does it tell you what time you'll get to the landmarks & mountains as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ST SID Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 Does it tell you what time you'll get to the landmarks & mountains as well? Yes TSD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSS Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 You're going to tell me your barometer is fcked now, aren't you? Yes,I set it to SUNNY and it RAINED all day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloomsbury Bud Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 Thank fck this wasn't about pubic cocks in Paisley or we'd be here all night. or private cocks at a club's youth set up, for that matter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSS Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 There's a public clock on the side of Langcraigs School,just past the Braehead shops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chingford Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 It's about time this thread was wound up again... I'll get mah hourglass... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wemyss Bay Boy Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 There was one on the old Ferguslie Mill, No1 mill I think, the one that ran parallel with Maxwelton Rd toward West Lane. Been away for years now tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest murdy Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 theres one up neilston road. across from sumerfield and the bank of scotland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSS Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 theres one up neilston road. across from sumerfield and the bank of scotland. 179264[/snapback] Are you sure Murdy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chingford Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 There was one on the old Ferguslie Mill, No1 mill I think, the one that ran parallel with Maxwelton Rd toward West Lane. Been away for years now tho. 179262[/snapback] Aye. Check the first few posts at the start of this thread, Wemyss... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSS Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 So,how many are there???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSS Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 I've found another one. The new Morrisons at Lonend has a nice big,shiny one The Daftie who puts up all the Xmas lights,next to Spar,in Renfrew also has a clock on the side of his house. Don't think that will count though as it's not in Paisley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DongaTon Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 Reidy my old friend, gotta congratulate you on a scintillating thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reidy1987 Posted August 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 Reidy my old friend, gotta congratulate you on a scintillating thread! 184918[/snapback] Ach well, somebody's got to keep it interesting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DongaTon Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 Is there not one up at Charleston at the chippy there, or is that one of the ones mentioned, sorry not good with names Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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