Christianity
Going to Church
As a nipper, I was brought up in what was a fairly typical, English family. Mum, Dad, siblings and normal sorts of stuff. We were what I call typical Church of England. We all went [more…]
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Arts
Review – Dunkirk, by Rat Catcher
It was on Saturday that Mrs. Catcher and I took the train to the imax cinema to see Dunkirk. It is quite a journey so we made a night of it and came back the [more…]
Physics
An abridged history of the atomic model
Towards the end of the 19th century, scientists were considering the structure of the atom. The atom was deemed to be a tiny piece of matter which helped answer questions regarding spectroscopy. Spectroscopy being the [more…]
Engineering
Development of the Merlin Engine
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…]
Physics
The Sun – page 2 unfortunately….
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…]
Physics