Lec 32 | 8.01 Physics I: Classical Mechanics, Fall 1999
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. In fact, in Europe, all gas stoves are protected that way by law. Strangely enough, not in the United States, which is very surprising. If I open my gas valves at home of my stove, the gas will just come out, just like that. There’s no prevention of that happening. In Europe, that’s not possible. There is always a pilot light somewhere with a bimetal that senses that there is a flame nearby to ignite the gas. And if that flame is out, the gas valve will be closed. So bimetals can also be …
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December 12th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
He doesn’t speak “oddly.” He speaks with a Dutch accent. I believe he’s doing incredibly well seeing as it isn’t his first language.
December 12th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
no i meant occasionally during the lecture it will cut to a wall or something and his voice gets very low -> odd compared to his normal voice which is fine
December 12th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Oooohh! My bad
Sorry about that.
December 16th, 2008 at 12:59 am
you are right; he is correcting himself during editing. He does that in all his lectures (Physisc & Electricity,…) He does the same with errors on the blackboard -> then he interrupts the video and gives the correct info (cut-away for a few seconds)
December 29th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
fool this dude is trippy i dont even understand what that fool is tallkin about like fuckkk MIT? how did i even get onto watchin these vids im just like postin it up in my homies house and this vid busts out the cuts from some dank vids
January 15th, 2009 at 7:58 am
OMG! this teacher is such a good explainer dude…
January 25th, 2009 at 10:23 am
Good prof. But…
Is he wearing slice of cantalope on his shirt?
January 28th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
That is a very good question.
February 3rd, 2009 at 4:24 am
yeah and it looks so cute
March 7th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
lol, what’s up with the slice of honey dew on his shirt?
March 18th, 2009 at 8:38 am
why is there a piece of cantaloupe on his shirt?
March 30th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
thank you sir
April 13th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
his dotted lines are freakin awesome
April 29th, 2009 at 5:05 am
Awesome- I will watch this again.
May 1st, 2009 at 2:11 am
what is the name of this prof guys ?
May 9th, 2009 at 8:11 am
this prof is very good in teahing stuff.. ^^
its fun liste to him.
May 30th, 2009 at 5:07 am
Walter LEWIN!! hes the best!
July 1st, 2009 at 8:32 am
That is some awesome dotted line-skills, i had to rewind just to see that again.
July 19th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
I broke one of those red thermometers once, they’re alcohol based.
August 16th, 2009 at 11:05 am
not alcohol… mercury.
August 16th, 2009 at 11:18 am
no, the cheap lab ones are alcohol, the kind you check your temperature with at home are sometimes mercury.
September 6th, 2009 at 9:23 am
i have a friend who knows how to do that dotted line trick XD
September 17th, 2009 at 7:54 am
mercury is a metal, it is shiny, like liquid iron for example. The red ones are just colored alchool.
September 17th, 2009 at 7:54 am
“haha! i call that L1….. Haha! call that L2″
lmao
October 11th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
what’s up with the slice of mango on his shirt?
crazy 90’s fashion