Why Snatch Blocks are AWESOME (How Pulleys Work) - Smarter Every Day 228

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Content of the Lesson: Get your first box of KiwiCo free by going to https://www.kiwico.com/smarter Click here if you're interested in subscribing: http://bit.ly/Subscribe2SED ⇊ Click below for more links! ⇊ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GET SMARTER SECTION We discussed Snatch Blocks on this episode of the No Dumb Questions podcast: https://www.nodumbquestions.fm/listen/2019/9/21/067-the-lost-city-of-nineveh If you'd like to 3D print the Snatch Blocks and pulleys we use in this video they are here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4022579 Read Plutarch's account of Archimedes: http://www.math.pitt.edu/~sph/osher-course/plutarch-on-archimedes.pdf The wikipedia page on Block and Tackle is really good: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_and_tackle I thought this was a great video about why you should put blankets on your winch cable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPba-34ARZY Chris Hadfield is a veteran Canadian Astronaut and a great friend of science. He engages the public often and is a great follow on twitter: https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor He can be contacted for speaking engagements here: https://chrishadfield.ca/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jeremy Fielding has his own YouTube channel which you can enjoy here! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_SLthyNX_ivd-dmsFgmJVg A special thank you to @MurkyWanders on Twitter for videoing the Atlantis exhibit for us. Tweet Ideas to me at: http://twitter.com/smartereveryday Smarter Every Day on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SmarterEveryDay Smarter Every Day on Patreon http://www.patreon.com/smartereveryday Smarter Every Day On Instagram http://www.instagram.com/smartereveryday Smarter Every Day SubReddit http://www.reddit.com/r/smartereveryday Ambiance, audio and musicy things by: Gordon McGladdery https://www.ashellinthepit.com/ http://ashellinthepit.bandcamp.com/ If you feel like this video was worth your time and added value to your life, please SHARE THE VIDEO! If you REALLY liked it, feel free to pitch a few dollars Smarter Every Day by becoming a Patron. http://www.patreon.com/smartereveryday Warm Regards, Destin


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