In the world of physics, there is a famous (and slightly superstitious) story about the . The Nobel Prize winner Wolfgang Pauli was such a brilliant theorist that his colleagues joked his very presence could "hex" any experimental apparatus merely by being in the same room.
The history of science is full of legendary tales involving elaborate or unusual "apparatuses." Here are three of the most interesting stories involving scientific equipment, ranging from world-changing inventions to humorous historical mishaps. 1. The Kite That "Heard" Across the Atlantic apparatus
In 1901, wanted to prove that radio waves could travel across the ocean, but he didn't have a massive permanent tower in Newfoundland. Instead, he used a makeshift apparatus consisting of box kites and balloons to haul his antenna 400 feet into the freezing, gale-force winds of the coast. In the world of physics, there is a