World's longest lab experiment still going strong, via webcam In 1927, a physics professor named Thomas Parnell launched an experiment on viscous liquids. 85 y

World's longest lab experiment still going strong, via webcam In 1927, a physics professor named Thomas Parnell launched an experiment on viscous liquids. 85 years later, we're still waiting for his results. It all began with a funnel, a beaker, and some melted tar pitch. Parnell, a professor at the University of Queensland in Australia, was hoping to demonstrate that brittle tar pitch actually behaves as a liquid when kept at room temperature. To prove this, he melted some tar pitch, let it cool for three years, and placed it within the funnel, held over the beaker. The first drop rolled down the funnel eight years later. The second came nine years after that. By the time the third rolled around, Parnell had already passed away. https://www.engadget.com/2012-01-27-worlds-longest-lab-experiment-still-going-strong-via-webcam.html https://www.engadget.com/2012-01-27-worlds-longest-lab-exper...