The end of the meaningless experiment lasts 84 years

The most "meaningless" experiment in the world, which has been done since 1930, is now over. With this experiment, scientists do not have to do anything and do not help science to take any further steps.

Many argue that turpentine is a solid, brittle and fragile material that is comparable to ordinary solids. However, in essence, rosin is a liquid with a viscosity . 230 billion times higher than water.

From 1927, scientists at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia conducted an experiment that lasted nearly 90 years: giving a drip of resin from a glass container above. Of course, due to the characteristics of resin, this experiment was very slow.Within 84 years after concentrating, this resin block drips exactly 8 times!

After 13 years, on April 17, this rosin dripped the 9th time and touched the bottom of the container.

Behind the "long-term" experiment in the world is also a sad story. Professor John Mainstone, who was responsible for monitoring this experiment since the 1960s, died at the end of 2013. More sadly, during the five decades of monitoring this experiment, Professor Mainstone had not once been able to Eye witnessed this resin block dripped. After taking over the experiment in the 1960s, Professor Mainstone was absent during the five drips (from taking over until the 8th in 2001) and was not allowed to follow the "life" experiment with his own eyes. mine.

Professor John Mainstone

The most "meaningless" experiment in the world, which has been done since 1930, is now over. With this experiment, scientists do not have to do anything and do not help science to take any further steps.

According to Gizmodo, this experiment was started in 1927 by the University of Queensland, but it was not until 1930 that the small pine resin in the container began to condense. Professor Thomas Parnell, who started this rather "meaningless" experiment, was fortunate to witness the first three drips before his death in 1960.

The transformation of pine resin over the past 2 years