Tuesday, January 25, 2022
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Sunday, January 23, 2022
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Thursday, January 20, 2022
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Mei Yaochen's 梅堯臣 elegy for his cat (祭貓,
自有五白貓，鼠不侵我書。
今朝五白死，祭與飯與魚。
送之於中河，呪⑴爾非爾疎。
昔爾齧一鼠，銜鳴遶庭除。
欲使衆鼠驚，意將清我廬。
一從登舟來，舟中同屋居。
糗糧雖甚薄，免食漏竊餘。
此實爾有勤，有勤勝雞豬。
世人重驅駕，謂不如馬馿。
已矣莫復論，爲爾聊欷歔。
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Monday, January 17, 2022
Sunday, January 16, 2022
Saturday, January 15, 2022
Friday, January 14, 2022
Sabine's Law
After graduating from Ohio State University in 1886, Sabine did graduate work at Harvard University, where he later joined the faculty. A brilliant researcher, he enjoyed teaching and never bothered to get his doctorate; his papers were modest in number but exceptional in content. When Harvard opened the Fogg Art Museum in 1895, its auditorium revealed seriously defective acoustics caused by excessive reverberation. Sabine was asked to find a remedy. His discovery that the product of the reverberation time multiplied by the total absorptivity of the room is proportional to the volume of the room is known as Sabine’s law, and a unit of sound-absorbing power, the sabin, was named after him. The first building designed in accordance with principles laid down by Sabine was the Boston Symphony Hall, which opened in 1900 and proved a great acoustical success.
Thursday, January 13, 2022
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Monday, January 10, 2022
Watch of the Week: Seiko Landmaster Miura
Seiko has created a limited edition watch in tribute to 80-year-old Japanese alpinist Yuichiro Miura, who plans to climb Mount Everest for the third time in May 2013.
Miura became the oldest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 2003, aged 70. He broke the record for a second time in 2008 at 75 years old. Seiko will now honour Miura's third attempt at the achievement with a 300-piece limited edition watch.
