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Why setting hens don’t break their eggs.

September 23, 2016 By Janice VanCleave

Did You Know? Thomas Edison was a very curious child. It is said that he observed a goose sitting on her eggs, and his mother explained that the hen was keeping the eggs warm so they would hatch. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Engineering, structural engineering Tagged With: compression, dome shaped, goose eggs, structural engineering, tension, Thomas Edison, three-dimensional arch

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