When I left the army in 1979 I went to the Under Water Training Centre at Fort William on the shores of Loch Linnie. At that time the government sponsored individuals to train as commercial air divers for underwater construction…
I was watching the U.K. Met office forecast especially on temperatures and July’s temperature records are and will be broken as the hottest temperature in July on record ever! That’s quite a sobering situation as the whole of Europe is…
There has been lots of news and press releases of the first moon landing of 50 years ago. Its something I remember clearly to this day TV footage at home was on black & white caythode-ray tube televisions of that…
Carbon has an atomic structure of 6 protons plus 6 neutrons and 6 electrons having an atomic mass of 12. Carbon is 15th most abundant element in the Earths crust and the forth most abundant in the universe by mass.…
This is an article written by Jacques Piccard for the National Geographic Magazine of the Bathyscaphe Trieste dive to the bottom of the Challenger Deep. “Do you think we shall be able to make the dive?” The voice of our…
The National Fund for Scientific Research (NFSR) was founded on 2 June 1928 after a call by king Albert I of Belgium for more resources for scientific research. Among the earliest NFSR projects funded were the stratosphere flights of professor Auguste Piccard. The FNRS Stratospheric balloon that set…
I came across the name Piccard a few years ago with Bertrand the grandson of physicist inventor Auguste Piccard. Bertrand was a famous high altitude balloonist and aviator having recently completed the round the world flight of a solar powered…
I’ve been intrigued in the latest designs in the Americas Cup sailing boats, should I say these new race boats are in reality levitating above the water to reduce drag and increase speed through the water. Hydrofoils have been in…