Pitch drop experiment (longest one almost 100 years running)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_drop_experiment

A pitch drop experiment is a long-term experiment which measures the flow of a piece of pitch over many years.

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salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 19 pts · 232d (3 replies)

Fun fact: no one has even seen the pitch actually drop - they had a camera set up to catch the ninth drop in 2014 but it fell during a server outage. You can watch a live feed of the tenth drop!

Blackfeathr@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 232d (2 replies)

I got a 403, but I'm on mobile, maybe it's only viewable on PC? I'll have to check tomorrow

dantheclamman@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 232d (1 reply)

Worked on Firefox Android for me, just had to say it was OK to access without https

Blackfeathr@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 231d

Yeah I'm on Firefox Android too, still giving me an error. I'll have to do more testing on it this afternoon

Edit: does not work on desktop either :(

kamenlady@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 232d

Another one drops the pitch

JBPinkle@bookwyr.me · 6 pts · 232d

That's the most interesting wikipedia entry I've read in a good long while.

The_Decryptor@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 232d

I went out of my way to see this during one of their open days, it's as interesting in person as you'd expect.