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...

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Re:They just throw it out here

[GigsVT]

You must be thinking of sodium or potassium, not magnesium.

Sort of destroys the credibility of your whole post, besides the fact that any science lab would want stuff like that, you can do a lot of interesting experiments with sodium or potassium.