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Articles by rattuscatchus

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Development of the Merlin Engine

11th April 2017 rattuscatchus 0

The Rolls Royce Merlin was a V12, 27 litre engine and originally was a private venture so was financed entirely by Rolls Royce and its backers. Designated the PV12 it followed the Rolls Royce trend [more…]

Rat Catcher, Going Postal
Physics

The Sun – page 2 unfortunately….

27th March 2017 rattuscatchus 0

Previously, we looked at our Sun and how it works however only a small part was covered. We saw that  quantum tunneling allowed protons to fuse in conditions that classical physics – that relying only [more…]

Rat Catcher, Going Postal
Physics

The Sun

28th February 2017 rattuscatchus 0

Ask anybody about the workings of the Sun and some will say that it relies on nuclear fusion for its energy output and there will be nods of agreement and then the conversation will turn [more…]

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