Pressure

Resources

• atmospheric pressure
  • Barometer World
  • Martian Temperature and Pressure Profiles
• bed of nails
  • David G. Willey. University of Pittsburgh.
    • Instructions for Making a Bed of Nails
    • Physics Behind Four Amazing Demonstrations. Skeptical Inquirer (November 1999). Also includes walking on a bed of broken glass and dipping your hand into molten lead.
  • David Tedeschi, University of South Carolina (lots of pictures)
  • Jearl Walker. Cleveland State University.
    • The Bed of Nails Demonstration
    • More About the Bed of Nails Demonstration
  • Mahanakorn's Physics Magic. Mahanakorn University of Technology.
  • Phun Physics. University of Virginia
  • Public Understanding of Science. Ken Skeldon. University of Glasgow.
• physiology
  • acceleration
    • Aviation Medicine. Funk & Wagnall's Encyclopedia.
    • Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine. Canadian Defence.
      • Acceleration Physiology: G Transitions
      • Aerospace Life Sciences: Acceleration
    • Human Systems Wing. Brooks Air Force Base. US Air Force.
      • Acceleration Protection
      • Advanced Technology Anti-G Suit
  • blood
    • Hemodynamics. University of California, Davis.
    • Mean Artieral Pressure. Medical Formula. University of Kansas Medical Center.
  • breathing
    • Don't Blow It: Trying to clear your nose only makes things worse. New Scientist (10 September 1999).
  • feet
    • The Sciencist. Home of the universal foot pressure standards calculator.
• Miscellaneous
  • High Pressure Diamond Optics
  • How a Tire Pressure Gauge Works