Grand Canal
Egyptian Antiques, Science - How a Canal Wave Became Nuclear
The canal in Scotland that allows ships to cross from east to west, Edinburgh to Glasgow, was begun just as America completed the Independence it had fought for. And it was an inspiration for the Erie Canal, which opened up America and made inevitable that New York City would become the great city and port of America.
At that time, and for some time, Philadelphia had long been the largest city in America. The Erie Canal created Chicago as the mid point between barge traffic that could now transfer from ocean ships at New York City and barge all the way to Chicago, and then short canals to the Mississippi took ships all the way down to New Orleans.
The canal from east to west in Scotland did none of these grand things, but an article in the Economist a few years ago told a story about a man of science on a horse at that canal. He noticed that when two barges had bumped, that waves began to move away from the place of the event, and he followed one wave.
He followed that wave so carefully, that even with other bumps noticed the wave stayed free. He followed that wave for almost two miles, until darkness and the calls of nature took him home again. But he and science have pondered long on what that meant, and how to make it apply in some useful way.
And if you have have an aha moment about this in the middle of the night, you might write it down, and see if it makes sense in the morning. As it is, America had began to build just such a massive testing ground for this in Texas but wars got in the way so it has been shelved indefinitely in Texas. But not in Europe.
Running in a vast underground circle under the French-Switzerland border almost completed is the most massive nuclear particle accelerator in the world ever, that runs in a vast twenty seven mile circle. It will do what smaller experiments have done, and that is to fire atomic sized particles-waves- at each other just under the speed of light, and see what they can see.
We humans are so like that curious bear who just had to go up over that mountain; to see what we will see. Some scientific articles have hesitantly suggested we are pushing science a bit on this, and we are at that point again perhaps when we were testing the Atom and then the Hydrogen Bomb.
Will they melt the Alps? Or discover more cures for sicknesses we actually have? Like the bear, we will see what we will see. Hope springs eternal, and science brings more good than bad, fingers crossed. Eyes too.
About the Author
Derek Dashwood loves the combining of science and art in these newest nuclear particle news as well as of the Archimedes Screw begun in
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Grand Canal
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 The Grand Canal Venice old Italian oil painting  US $3,950.00
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 19 Century Italian Painting Canal Grande Signed by Alberto Prosdocimi 1852 1925 US $3,250.00
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 ANTIQUE SIGNED RDOMBA VENICE VENETIAN GRAND CANAL C1900 LISTED ARTIST CANALETTO US $2,550.00
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 VINTAGE ART The Rialto Grand Canal by Angelo Porcelain Art US $2,500.00
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 Leon Zanella Original Signed Oil Painting Venice Le Grand Canal US $960.00
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 Very Nice Impressionistic Oil VENICE Grand Canal by Listed Artist No Reserve US $999.99
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 Santa Maria della Salute GRAND CANAL Venice Italy US $725.00
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 EUGENE BOUDIN VENICE VIEWS OF GRAND CANAL d70998 24x36 US $559.90
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 M Gianni Italian School Antique Grand Canal Venice Boats Gouache Painting x US $559.30
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 c1910 VENICE GOUACHE GRAND CANAL US $475.00
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 Listed Italian ALBERTO ROSSI 1858 1936 Grand Canal Venice Italy Watercolor US $395.00
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 FRANK DUVENECK Grand Canal in Venice i73716 32x44inch hand painted oil painting US $349.90
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 OIL PAINTINGPACE IN VENICE GRAND CANAL II 36x48 US $299.00
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 VENICE ITALY IMPRESSIONIST OIL GRAND CANAL WITH FISHERMAN FISHING BOATS US $295.00
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 Manet The Grand Canal Venice Framed Canvas Replica US $278.00
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 VIVIANI ITALY PAINTING HANDMADE VENICE CANAL GRANDE OIL ON CANVAS ITALY FV16 US $208.00
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 LARGE FRAMED MONET Grand Canal Venice Repro CANVAS ART US $206.98
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 FRAMED Claude Monet Grand Canal Venice Repro CANVAS ART US $179.99
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 Fersant Aguirre Oil on Canvas Painting Venice Grand Canal Signed 365X25 US $177.49
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 A Regatta on the Grand Canal Canaletto oil repro US $169.00
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 Painting Turner Venice Canal Grande repro oil US $159.00
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 A Capriccio Of The Grand Canal Venice Storck oil repro US $155.00
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 Framed Print Venetian Waterway Italy Grand Canal US $150.00
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 GRAND CANAL Oil Painting Framed US $125.00
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 Edouard Manet Grand Canal Venice Repro CANVAS WALL ART US $120.98
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 Grand Canal Gondola River Boat Art FRAMED OIL PAINTING US $116.50
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Hiking on the Grand Canal? Any suggestions?
Going to be hiking/bussing and catching spins round Ireland in the summer, and have just found out about the Grand canal.
Are there any parts of it that MUST be seen? How about places to avoid? We are going to be camping, so how about plcaes to pitch our tent?
kitoffbeardon69 - have u never heard of a tow path?
Hello Fred,
A good time could be had stomping around on the Canal banks, but I can't help but warn you that you may be in a small bit of danger here doing that, you never know what or who is lurking about and if they may rob or even harm you there on those canals, and you could end up without any of your camping gear,etc..
Better you stay on your buses, and camp at regulated Camp-sites, you can always spend a day or two on the canal boats, where they do Boat-Trips, but, make sure you have an address for night-times. Bord Failte' will assist you in your planning a safe holiday under canvas and with Life on the Canal Waves, OK it may cost you a bit of cash, but you come out at the other end of your Holiday and Voyaging with some wonderful memories, of a lovely holiday, in my beautiful Country....
Get yourself to the Shannon at Athlone, and see what they have to offer there, it's Fabulous, and there are pull-ins North of Athlone, My Daughter lives at one of them at a little place called Ballymurry. Have fun, but do remember to stay safe, I would love to answer any and all your questions on Irish holidays west of the River Shannon.....Tony M
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