Monthly Archives: February 2008

The Eclipse

A couple weeks ago we had a lunar eclipse (the last total eclipse visible in North America until 2010). It was frigid, as it has been too often this winter, but it was also clear, and the moon rose over the courtyard behind my apartment, so I could watch it from my back porch.

Electricity from water

A generator built from a 100 year old steam engine, including a from-scratch alternator.