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The World's Slowest Experiment: Nearly a Century of Observation at the University of Queensland
Key Takeaways
- The Pitch Drop Experiment at the University of Queensland has been running since 1927.
- It demonstrates that pitch is a liquid with extremely high viscosity.
- Only nine drops have fallen in nearly a century, with the next expected in the 2020s.
- The experiment provides data on material flow relevant to geophysics.
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DT Editorial Team··via interestingengineering.com