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[Electric_Head]

The science professor who oversaw the world's longest running laboratory test -- the Pitch Drop Experiment -- has died after more than half a century on its watch, his university said Monday.

John Mainstone, the former head of the Department of Physics at the University of Queensland, was in charge of the experiment which demonstrated the fluidity and viscosity of pitch, a tar derivative once used to waterproof boats.

The experiment, established in 1927 by Professor Thomas Parnell, was designed to show that pitch, although it feels solid and can be shattered by a hammer blow at room temperature, acts like a fluid and flows through a glass funnel over time.

It took three years for the pitch to settle and then the glass funnel holding the substance was cut to allow it to flow out.

In the 83 years since then, only eight drops of pitch have fallen and no one has seen one actually fall, the university said.

Earlier this year Mainstone, who died last week aged 78 after suffering a stroke, said it looked like the next drop would fall before the end of 2013.

"It's got a mind of its own and in blink of an eye it can drop," the professor, who had monitored the tar's glacial movements for 52 years, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

The head of the School of Mathematics and Physics at Queensland University Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop, said Mainstone would be greatly missed.

"Professor Mainstone's dedication to the long-running experiment well past his official retirement ensured that media, researchers and undergraduate students had easy access to relevant information and an understanding of the important science behind it," she said.

"John's death is particularly sad as in his time as the custodian of the experiment, he did not see a single drop fall," she added.

The experiment is under constant surveillance, with three webcams trained on it to capture the ninth drop's fall on camera.

Poor tnuc

[EliteLennon117]

sgp is still 17

[didi]

sgp is still 17

sgp?

[mIrReN]

not (really) directed at you elite, been on my mind for a while now
but what is it with people abbreviating everything and expecting everybody to know what they talk about :/

[Jizz]

spaceghost purrp im guessing? Mad though if hes only 17

[kidshuffle]

spaceghost purrp is 22

[Jizz]

lol, I have no clue then


@mirren: without abbreviations we'd still be writing long words and thats not cool

[nousd]

The science professor who oversaw the world's longest running laboratory test -- the Pitch Drop Experiment -- has died after more than half a century on its watch, his university said Monday. John Mainstone, the former head of the Department of Physics at the University of Queensland, was in charge of the experiment which demonstrated the fluidity and viscosity of pitch, a tar derivative once used to waterproof boats.
"It's got a mind of its own and in blink of an eye it can drop," the professor, who had monitored the tar's glacial movements for 52 years, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The experiment is under constant surveillance, with three webcams trained on it to capture the ninth drop's fall on camera.

his body will be put through a fractionating column
and the resultant tar added to his experiment
to see whether he can hurry things along somewhat

[EliteLennon117]

spaceghost purrp is 22

he tweeted last night that the wikipedia article is wrong and that he is still a senior in high school. could be lies now that I think about, but that would be a weird thing to lie about.

[tendogs420]

Im 6 hmu

[syrup]

wanna fuck?

[tendogs420]

Hmm Yh will fuk 4 big up

[syrup]

you're nasty little bitch aren't you

[tendogs420]

If u want me to be

[Forum]

Mr Mason, do you like Panthro?

[ezza]

what did u do mason btw?

[kidshuffle]

spaceghost purrp is 22

he tweeted last night that the wikipedia article is wrong and that he is still a senior in high school. could be lies now that I think about, but that would be a weird thing to lie about.

link?

imo if he said that, hes probs fuckin around. dude is jokesz

double edit:

[EliteLennon117]

lol is that mugshot from the fight with A$AP Mob?

[kidshuffle]

i have no idea tbh

[tendogs420]

Mr Mason, do you like Panthro?

I dunno what that is

And agent I got banned for 'rape jokes' lol but I got loads of warnings first I think I pissed pete off. Most of my warnings were for ripping on pistons lol so he probs reported me.

Dunno why they let my most ridiculous username post though I liked trillmitchell best