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How hot is the water in the pot?
Question: How hot is the water in the pot? More precisely speaking, how can I get a temperature of the water as a function of time a priori?
Background & My attempt: Recently I started spend ...
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Practical method to weigh human limbs with common household items?
What methods could be used to determine (or estimate within a reasonable margin of error) the mass of a living human's limbs, short of cutting them off? And more interestingly, how can this be done ...
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Rough, easy DIY method of measuring magnetic field strength
How to easily, using standard DIY equipment measure the strength of magnetic field generated by a permanent magnet?
Narrowing down the "loose language" of the above:
strength of magnetic field: ...
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Home experiments to measure the RPM of a pedestal fan without special equipment?
Is it possible to determine to an approximate degree, the revolutions per minute of a fan, for example a pedesal fan pictured below, without using some electronic/mechanical measuring device?
One ...
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Home experiments to derive the speed of light?
Are there any experiments I can do to derive the speed of light with only common household tools?
