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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Nov 25, 2009
Post 58 -toybox.....think of rocketry pioneers....
Post 59 -hygenicdispenser....what could you put in a giant thermos???
Post 60 -ekky....??? close to a klaxon with that!!!
GT
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hygienicdispenser Posted Nov 26, 2009
What could you put in a giant thermos?....errm...
Is it 47 gallons of Bovril?
Or 3 people and a load of air?
Lots of small thermoses? Thermii?
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Nov 27, 2009
Seriously hgdispenser
What could you put in a giant thermos that would get you to the Moon???
GT
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hygienicdispenser Posted Nov 27, 2009
But we've still got something to do with Oersted, electromagnetics and navigation to uncover. All I know about Oersted is that he discovered that an electric current induces a magnetic field and/or vice versa, and that he has a unit named after him ?the unit of magnetic inductance?
Not sure how this fits with navigation, but since the other two bits of the clue seem to relate directly to rocketry, is it something to do with the way the attitude jets work?
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Nov 27, 2009
Yes hygenicdispenser!
To do with attitude jets, 'And what controls them'!!!
It is a pecialised piece of equipment that works on electomagnetic principles.
+1 for getting closer!!
GT
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hygienicdispenser Posted Nov 27, 2009
Nope, engineering is a closed book to me. The only specialised (or pecialised) bit of electromagnetic kit I know of is the simple electric motor with wire wrapped round a magnet.
It's not that is it?
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hygienicdispenser Posted Nov 27, 2009
Damn. That's me informationed out for one day. Now, I've got some important drinking to do. 
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Nov 28, 2009
Sorry Mala, no...
Dewar and his vacuum flask being adapted to be a fuel tank carrying liquid oxygen has been claimed....
Advances in rocketery and electromagnetic navigation aids are to be found yet!!!
Beware the obvious klaxon in getting to the Moon!!!
GT
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Taff Agent of kaos Posted Nov 29, 2009
jules verne , proposed men travel to the moon in a sealed vessel launched from the earth
von braun & co. , builders of the V series of rockets, nazi advanced weaponry technology smuggled away to america and used in the space race
issac newton , gravity, and the use of the sling-shot orbit, laws of motion, forevery action there is an equal and opposite reaction, the principle behind the rocket engine
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Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Nov 29, 2009
Jules Verne's vessel wasn't sealed. He kept opening the windows, first to throw the dead dogs out and then for all kinds of other reasons - he assumed the atmosphere extended to the moon!
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Rod Posted Nov 29, 2009
>>To do with attitude jets, 'And what controls them'!!!
It is a pecialised piece of equipment that works on electomagnetic principles.<<
That, surely, would be a gyroscope, reporting changes in attitude.
But, those gyros just happen to be powered by leccy - they work on a different principle -?
Some gyro-like appendages (as, eg, on flies) are creature-powered and work in very similar ways to a gyro.
But then, passing on the attitude info... hmm, don't be too hasty, Rod
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Nov 29, 2009
I knew I could depend on you Taff!!
Post 74. Von Braun was only assistant in developing V rockets. The mention of his name is a 
-5
Post 75. 1 DGI point for Verne info, Mala!
Post 76. Rod....Sailing close to wind before stopping yourself!!
GT
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~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Jan 16, 2010
I think the thermos flask did 'em all in.
Y'know how it is, all glass and stainless steel and airless.
So my post #2 didn't do much for you then, eh. 
At least it didn't get klaxoned. Cuz it's true.
~jwf~
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- 61: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Nov 25, 2009)
- 62: hygienicdispenser (Nov 26, 2009)
- 63: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Nov 27, 2009)
- 64: ekky99 (Nov 27, 2009)
- 65: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Nov 27, 2009)
- 66: hygienicdispenser (Nov 27, 2009)
- 67: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Nov 27, 2009)
- 68: hygienicdispenser (Nov 27, 2009)
- 69: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Nov 27, 2009)
- 70: hygienicdispenser (Nov 27, 2009)
- 71: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Nov 27, 2009)
- 72: Malabarista - now with added pony (Nov 27, 2009)
- 73: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Nov 28, 2009)
- 74: Taff Agent of kaos (Nov 29, 2009)
- 75: Malabarista - now with added pony (Nov 29, 2009)
- 76: Rod (Nov 29, 2009)
- 77: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Nov 29, 2009)
- 78: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Jan 16, 2010)
- 79: ~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum (Jan 16, 2010)
- 80: Taff Agent of kaos (Jan 16, 2010)
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