Invisible wrote:
> You'd need a pretty damned big bell jar to drop an object any 
> significant distance.

Somewhat larger than the distance it takes to see a feather and a ball 
bearing falling at different speeds in atmosphere.

>> You can go to edmond's scientific and buy bottles of vacuum for like a 
>> quarter each, too.
> 
> Really?

Yes. Ever get blood drawn? How do you think that works?

> But last I checked, a pump powerful enough to create anything you could 
> describe as "a vacuum" is an extremely expensive piece of scientific 
> equipment.

http://www.google.com/products?q=vacuum+pumps+for+sale

Even the $25 pump gets you down to 29" of vacuum.

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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Forget "focus follows mouse." When do
   I get "focus follows gaze"?

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