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April 3, 2003

Snapshots from the annual Physics & Chemistry Circus
Thursday, April 3 in Hargrove Band Shell, Centenary

Jeff Disko (left) and fellow students lower Michael Silvernail onto the bed of nails.


Dr. Juan Rodriguez (orange shirt) prepares to break a cinder block over Silvernail as he reclines on the bed of nails. (And yes, principles of physics did allow him to survive unscathed.).


Ryan Slack is about to demonstrate the sublimation and acid-base properties of dry ice.


Laurie Stevison demonstrates the dehydration of sucrose by sulfuric acid.


Patrick Culver walks barefoot over broken glass. Don't try this at home!


Dan Duzan, Cody McDonald, Peter Sideros and Bobby Beaird prepare more scientific wizardry.


Jeff Disko works with a young volnteer on the conservation of angular momentum apparatus.

 

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