Own a Little Bit of Berkeley Physics History

Five foot slide rules? Brass and Wood balances? Bakelite Metering Equipment. This and more are up on the block as a result of UC Berkeley's physics department wanting to clear out old gear (they need the room). The San Francisco Chronicle has a story about auction. Apparantly, about 20 items will be auctioned in a "test the waters" sales this Sunday, and the balance of the 1000 pieces will be sold July 28th...

Comments

hmmm

[c0dedude]

I was just thinking how much i wanted to learn how to use a slide rule.

Expiration date?

[kaustik]

This is great... but I believe LSD loses its potency after sitting around in those dusty basements for so long...

Re:One Question

[rootofevil]

grams? for the physics profs at berkley? you must be smokin some really good green if you think they would trade the history of their school away for mere grams of pot.

they deal in whole pounds only.

Re:Woohoo!

[morcheeba]

No, I'm holding out for more. When they start selling stuffed nobel prize owners, then I'll pull out my wallet.

L and S keyboard cousins

[texchanchan]

Kear Lsalgkot Reaker,
Re, 'L' and 'S' aren't even remotely close to one another on the keyboard.
Lure they are. They're e.actly oqqosite each other, ohich makes them conceptually equivasent to the qart of your brain that ,an't uell left from right.

--ti.mg;vmg;v

Re:They just throw it out here

[R2.0]

"...you can do a lot of interesting experiments with sodium or potassium."

Experiments, hell. I used to work for a guy that kept sticks of sodium submerged in kerosene. When the groundhogs got uppity, he'd drop a few sticks down the hole, stand 20' away, and hit it with a garden hose. A satisfactory kaboom, and the groundhogs kept a low profile for a while.