[Sub-event of Autumn temporary exhibition in 2004]
Ideas and imagination in Engineering Engineering dreams in small toy pieces
- (Center table) Drinking Birds and a Mini Steam Locomotive
drinking birds | and | a mini steam locomotive. |
- (Satellite 1) Hesitation of Dr. Einstein
an old-type hygrometer | and | infrared thermography | ; |
boiling of my heart | and | destruction of aluminum cans | ; |
a heat transfer pipe. | | | |
- (Satellite 2) Heating was Easy, but Cooling was Difficult!
a refrigerator in the 1970's | and | a beer bottle dehumidifier | ; |
visible expansion and contraction of air | , | super-conduction magnetic levitation | and |
floor cleaning with liquid nitrogen | ; | | |
an old-fashioned Italian thermometer | and | squid movement in a PET bottle | ; |
a high- sensitivity hand-made thermometer | and | | |
a radiation thermometer/ you are emitting radiation!. | | | |
- (Satellite 3) Art of Liquids and Message from Gases
a fountain in a PET bottle | , | a tornado flow in a PET bottle | and | a US made tornado | ; |
recoil movement of a liquid | ; | | | | |
a dinner party in the Tang dynasty | ; | | | | |
a tube that cries when heated | , | a hello call by a thread phone | and | a singing cicada. | |
- (Satellite 4) You spin me right round baby!
a pendulum swinging randomly | and | an eternally spinning top | ; |
a radiation windmill | and | a propeller driven by hot and cold water | ; |
rotation of a spinning top box | , | spinning top turn over | and |
colored and de-colored spinning tops | ; | | |
a steam river-boat | and | a mini-thermal power plant. | |
drinking birds and a mini steam locomotive
Our drinking birds welcome you!
time: 10:00 am ‾ 4:00 pm
date:
Oct. 02, 09, 16, 23, 30 (sat),
Nov. 06, 13, 20, 27 (sat),
Dec. 04, 11, 18, 25 (sat)
location:
The Kyoto University Museum
Kyoto University
Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
organized by
Prof. T. Makino
Dept. Engineering Physics and Mechanics, Kyoto University
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