And, the missing word: appreciate. Why not. The terms are appropriate  
for the thoughts expressed lately, having to do with stress, strain  
and the strength/ failure of materials in structures.

Hearing field reports makes the dry study of statics so much more real  
and interesting. And hearing of childhood tinkering and pondering  
makes the consideration mire visceral.

How that combines with pinhead discussions is what keeps this group  
alive and interesting.

--Mary


On Apr 25, 2010, at 5:18 PM, Cuyler Page <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Mary,
>
> Is that a "Correctly fill in the missing word and win a new car!"  
> kind of contest?
>
> cp in
>
>
>> Don't you just xxxxxx  the sound of these:
>>
>> internal moment of inertia
>>
>> modulus of elasticty
>>
>> --Mary
>>
>> ----------------------------------
>>>> ...passing  miniscule events within the cellular wood or  
>>>> crystalline structure  that functioned until their moment of  
>>>> failure, at which point shear  was identified and a measurement  
>>>> assigned....
>>>
>>>

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