Do Solar Flares Have an Effect on the Frequency and Strength of Earthquakes?

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There are some scientists who believe that solar flares do have an effect on the frequency and strength of Earthquakes. But how can this be, you ask, because it does sound like a conspiracy theory I know? Well, consider if you will that we don't know a whole lot about gravity, but we believe it is a wave or a combination of waves and frequencies. In fact some experiments suggest that you can disrupt gravity using various waves.

Well then, if that is so then it is quite possible that solar flares, X-Flares, gamma bursts, and space weather, or storms could in fact change the distribution, force, and intensity of gravity temporarily. Now then, our thick atmosphere may prevent many of those waves from reaching the surface of the planet in any large amount of strength. But, since everything affects everything else, and because of the experiments that have been done, the theory is not so far-fetched at all. In fact, solar flares and other space storms could also affect Quakes on the Moon and Mars. Is there a way to find out you ask?

Well, we might be able to look at various Moon cycles, and the dates of all the major Earthquakes, and find out when various anomalies of solar flares occurred, and we might determine that some of that data overlaps, and could possibly be a contributing factor. Personally, I wouldn't be surprised at all, and over the years I have discussed this in the think tank that we operate online. The other day, someone mentioned this to me once again, after the big 9.0 Japanese quake.

This is not to say that Earthquakes don't happen for other reasons, because we already know that they do, but as fault lines build up pressure, and the weight distribution of the plate on a fault line, or slight movement, along with groundwater and other components, then it may not take very much to cause a triggering event. I know this sounds way out to many people, but for those who study gravity, gravitational waves, and the whole science behind it, they might agree that there is at least a percentage of probability that solar flares do actually increase the risk of Earthquakes, and may be a component or a contributing factor to them, even if it is by only a very small factor.

Indeed, I hope you will please consider this and think on it. If you have any comments, questions, concerns, conspiracy theories, or even case studies along with data, I'd be very interested, and I hope you will shoot me an e-mail.

Lance Winslow is the Founder of the Online Think Tank, a diverse group of achievers, experts, innovators, entrepreneurs, thinkers, futurists, academics, dreamers, leaders, and general all around brilliant minds. Lance Winslow hopes you've enjoyed today's discussion and topic. http://www.WorldThinkTank.net - Have an important subject to discuss, contact Lance Winslow.

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Conical Flask

History:

It is also known as the Emil Erlenmeyer Flask, named after its German inventor, Emil Erlenmeyer, is commonly used in laboratories. It is flat bottomed, with a graduated conical base which tapers towards the neck. The narrow, cylindrical neck and the wide, flat bottom not only make it more stable, but also reduce chances of spilling, particularly when shaking the contents. The narrow neck prevents loss due to evaporation. Made of borosilicate glass, these flasks can withstand high (or low) temperatures and are commonly used for heating liquids in laboratories

Definition:

A CONICAL FLASK is also known as Erlenmeyer Flask. It is defined as a type of laboratory glassware which consist of a flat conical bottom with acylindrical neck.The main advantages in an flask are that it is less likely to tip over than a beaker and the smaller neck which slows evaporative loss. It can also be swirled without fear of the contents spilling.

How to use

Requirements:
1. Conical Flask
2. Ring Stand
3. Clamp
4. Funnel
5. Wire gauge
6. Burner

1. Take the desired amount of the liquid you are working with slowly into the FLASK using a funnel. Mix the solution by shaking all the contents. Try to use smaller quantities of solution to ensure more thorough mixing and to avoid spilling.

2. Adjust the FLASK into the clamp ensuring that the grip is firm. Place a Bunsen burner below the CONICAL FLASK and adjust the flask in manner that it lies above the ring.. Place the wire gauge mesh between the ring and the bottom of the flask to prevent the flask from touching direct flames, and gradually heat the solution.

3. Now wait for the cooldown of the flask remove the Bunsen burner, and carefully remove the flask out. Use a clamp to secure the second container into which you want to pour the contents of the conical flask. If you are pouring the contents into a test tube, make sure that it is positioned slightly at an angle away from you. Place a funnel on the container in order to prevent spilling. Remove the rubber stopper from the flask, if present, and carefully pour out the contents into the funnel, checking the graduated scale in order to transfer the desired quantity.

Various uses:

1. It is used for the titration especially of pH. 2 It is used to heat the chemicals with the bunsen burner. 3 It is used for mixing substances. 4 The Another benefit of the CONICAL FLASK wide base is the stability it provides. This is particularly important in the laboratory where the experimenter must often handle highly reactive and even dangerous substances.

Some CONICAL FLASK manufactures in India are:

1. Kshitij Innovations
2. Labtech International
3. Labtech International
4. Nexus Enterprises
5. Naugra Exports
6. Popular Scientific

Nutraceutical Sciences - Are Vitamin Supplements Good For You?

There are many reasons why one would wish to take the output of the nutraceutical sciences industry and be grateful for it. Not only does their industry include anything from skin moisturises to bodybuilding powders; it is also responsible for one of the most lucrative industries in Western civilisation - vitamin supplements.

These have increasingly become an important part of Western diets. Many people take vitamin supplements because they have been instructed to do so by their doctor, specialist or consultant. Often dietary specialists will need to give recommendations to their patients to ensure that they are getting the necessary dietary requirements throughout their entire range of recommended foods. Sometimes, a patient will be unable to eat certain foods because of a condition that they are suffering from. These foods may contain essential vitamins and therefore, the nutraceutical sciences industry will have stepped in to manufacture a replacement supplement that does contain the necessary vitamins that the patient needs, but without the toxins that any food in its natural state might contain.

Of course, not everyone who has a list of vitamin supplements on their shopping list requires them as part of their diet. The majority of people who eat a well rounded, balanced diet don't need to supplement their diets with additional vitamins from the nutraceutical sciences industry. There is the possibility that a person can overdose on vitamins - like most things in life the phrase 'too much of a good thing' springs to mind.

Nutraceutical sciences can produce quality vitamin supplements which to many patients are a great way to ensure a balanced diet when it might otherwise be impossible to do so. For those with a balanced diet from normal and natural foods, vitamin supplements are not necessary, and they could, in certain circumstances, have the opposite to the desired effect.

Straight Line Link Mechanisms

A large variety of link mechanisms, or linkages, enable movements to be produced which are exactly or at least approximately rectilinear - i.e., directed along a straight line. The operated motion may be circular or rectilinear. A four-bar linkage can be so contrived that certain points of the mechanism describe substantially straight paths.

One such contrivance, proposed by Hoecken, is shown in Fig.1. Particularly favorable dimensions are obtained when the stationary link d is made twice as long as a. In the case of the oscillating crank, the point C travels in an approximately straight path.

In the late seventeenth century, before the development of the milling machine, it was extremely difficult to machine straight, flat surfaces. For this reason, good prismatic pairs without backlash were not easy to make. During that era, much importance was given to the problem of attaining a straight-line motion as a part of the coupler curve of a linkage having only revolute connection. Probably the best-known result of this search is the straight line mechanism developed by Watt for guiding the piston of early steam engines. Although it does not generate an exact straight line, a good approximation is achieved over a considerable distance of travel.

A mechanism whereby the circular motion of the point A is converted into the accurately rectilinear motion of the point B. In the straight-line link mechanism devised by Watt, the point S travels along a so-called lemniscoidal curve, two parts of which are close approximations of straight lines. It shows the mechanism for a particular type of gas-pressure indicator used with a piston-operated machine; the pressure is exerted upon a spring-loaded measuring piston K in a measuring cylinder, so that the piston is raised a greater or lesser amount, depending on the magnitude of the gas pressure.

This motion is so transmitted to the recording stylus S that the latter performs a rectilinear vertical motion and records the pressure as a function of the position of the machine's working piston, the rotation of the recording drum being synchronized with the movement of this last-mentioned piston. Accurately rectilinear motion can also be obtained by a pantograph-type mechanism. whereby the length of travel of a motion can be increased or reduced as required.

In the cardan gears, which is invented by Cardano illustrated in Fig.6 the inner wheel has half the radius of the outer. Any particular point on the circumference of the inner wheel, as the latter rotates within the outer wheel, moves on a straight line which passes through the center of the outer wheel and through the two points where that circumferential point on the inner wheel comes into contact with the outer wheel in the course of each revolution. Instead of completely circular wheels it is possible to use parts of circles - i.e., circular arcs, where this principle is utilized in the cam lever (or rolling contact lever).