The World’s Longest Experiment

Getting results in the scientific world requires patience, but Pitch Drop Experiment It has become a legend that pushes the limits of patience.

This experiment, known as the Pitch Drop Experiment, was initiated to prove that pitch is a slowly flowing liquid. for almost a century progress.

The Pitch Drop Experiment was first initiated at the University of Queensland in 1927.

In 1927, Professor Thomas Parnell In this experiment, which was started with the aim of showing the mysterious nature of pitch, it is tried to prove that pitch is a very slowly flowing liquid.

Although pitch may appear hard and brittle at room temperature, it is actually Wanting to prove that it is a very slow flowing liquid Parnell sets up an experimental setup by filling hot pitch into a funnel and letting it drip through the narrow opening at the bottom of the funnel.

Thus, the wait begins and the first drop falls after 8 years! You heard right, 8 whole years!

If it’s the second drop, it’s even more 9 years later is falling.

Unfortunately, the man behind the experiment is Professor Thomas Parnell. before you see the third drip He closes his eyes to life.

The tar is dripping so slowly that the eighth drop did not arrive until 2000. The ninth drop was in 2014 is falling.

This experiment, which is still ongoing, is currently being broadcast live by the University of Queensland. It can be monitored 24/7.

You can watch the live broadcast by clicking here. Maybe until the tenth drop falls one of usI witness.

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