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Bedford Level Experiment

The Bedford Level experiment was a series of observations carried out along a 6-mile (10 km) length of the Old Bedford River on the Bedford Level of the Cambridgeshire Fens in the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries to measure the curvature of the Earth. Samuel Birley Rowbotham, who conducted the first observations starting in 1838, claimed that he had proven the Earth to be flat. However, in 1870, after adjusting Rowbotham's method to allow for the effects of atmospheric refraction, Alfred Russel Wallace found a curvature consistent with a spherical Earth. more »

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 Become A Better Singer In Only 30 Days, With Easy Video Lessons!

I brought home my first computer, hooked it up to the black & white tv
Tiny flat membrane keyboard, set it on a desk my grandpa built 
The computer came with an instruction book; I read every page but needed more 
So my mom found a red-covered book: 101 Timex/Sinclair 1000 Tips & Tricks 

I typed in nearly every program, a virtual etch-a-sketch was my favourite 
And I learned how to input a string from the keyboard, and do IF/THENs 

This led to me making my first game on my own computer 
A text adventure where you typed in "north" or "east" 
Exploring a dangerous space station 

I worked on it for two days and never saved, because it couldn't save 
When I finally had to turn the computer off it was lost forever 

I came down with a horrible fever during this time 
So sick I couldn't go to school 
But I got out of bed and sat at my desk 
And programmed that machine for hours 

Mom brought me to the doctor to get me checked out 
She told him about the computer and how I wouldn't stop 
She wanted him to make me quit using that computer 
But he only laughed and said that wasn't the problem

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