Pressure

Glenn Elert

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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