yes ... a very low 'pitch' plop.

RiB

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 07:54, RussellMc <apptechnz@gmail.com> wrote:

> If a drop of pitch drops in a bell jar and nobody is there to see it
> (and the webcam misses it too), does it make a sound?
> Located in Australia, 8 drops of pitch have fallen from this
> apparently solid lump since 1930 - the last in 2000. Webcam monitored
> nowadays but Murphy intervened to ensure that nobody has ever seen a
> drop fall.
>
>                  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_drop_experiment
>
> http://www.physics.uq.edu.au/physics_museum/pitchdrop.shtml
>
>
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/University_of_Queensla=
nd_Pitch_drop_experiment-6-2.jpg
>
> http://www.physics.uq.edu.au/physics_museum/pitch2.gif
>
> This clock has run on "atmospheric power (in New Zealand) since 1864,
> but has stopped or been stopped very occasionally
>
>                http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Clock
>
> This electric bell has operated "almost continuously" since 1840.
> This could be easily replicated with a modern lithium primary cell for
> a life of 10+ years. Their battery is obviously made of sterner stuff
> - but nobody knows what.
>
>                http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_Electric_Bell
>
>
>     Russell McMahon
>
>
>
> Ref: David Daniel
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