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The Engineering of the Drinking Bird
Youtube ^ | Current | The Engineer Guy

Posted on 03/06/2022 2:09:04 PM PST by Rebelbase

Bill reveals the operation and engineering design underlying the famous drinking bird toy. In this video he explores the role played by the water the bird "drinks," shows what is under the bird's hat and demonstrates that it can operate using heat from a light bulb or by "drinking" whiskey.

Video Here.


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: engineering; toys
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To: dfwgator

Bird is the word


21 posted on 03/06/2022 3:56:50 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (Hey, hey, ho, ho Fidel Trudeau Has got to go!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Make one big enough to operate the pump on an oil well.


22 posted on 03/06/2022 4:10:41 PM PST by Tucker39 ("It is impossible so to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington )
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To: Responsibility2nd
I thought the same about the Radiometer.


23 posted on 03/06/2022 4:26:38 PM PST by MrLucky1966 (GOVT.SYS CORRUPTED! RUN GUN.COM? (Y/Y) GUN.COM NOT FOUND, EXECUTE BASEBALL.BAT? (Y/Y))
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To: MrLucky1966

24 posted on 03/06/2022 4:27:25 PM PST by MrLucky1966 (GOVT.SYS CORRUPTED! RUN GUN.COM? (Y/Y) GUN.COM NOT FOUND, EXECUTE BASEBALL.BAT? (Y/Y))
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To: Rebelbase
"The Drinking Bird"

Bowing barry.


25 posted on 03/06/2022 4:31:56 PM PST by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: clearcarbon

Actually, Eddie Albert the actor from Green Acres invented this bird as well as internal functions of some bombs to provide greater accuracy.


26 posted on 03/06/2022 5:08:39 PM PST by Striperman (Striperman)
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To: Rebelbase

My Dad had one for years, drinking on the top of the TV. Later, he got seriously ill and was taken to the hospital. I was across the country but was told in a phone call my brother and Mother had decided to “pull the plug.” (Not my best day). When they got home from the hospital, they noticed the drinking bird had been smashed on the top of the TV. (I have drawn my own private conclusions as to the untimely demise of Dad’s drinking bird, and no one in the family has ever discussed it since).


27 posted on 03/06/2022 5:49:46 PM PST by ThePatriotsFlag (The Democrat JOKE will be over when stop buying oil from Russia! (Honk)
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To: Striperman

Urban legend.


28 posted on 03/06/2022 6:06:32 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Rebelbase

LOL! I thought about the tweety bird cartoon when I saw this post.


29 posted on 03/07/2022 9:33:04 AM PST by Gary from Dayton (Scary unvaccinated American )
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