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Testing the Strength of Egg Shells

January 23, 2020 By Janice VanCleave

Why hens don't break the eggs they sit on! The secret to hens being able to sit on their eggs without cracking them has to do with their dome-shaped ends.  A dome is a three-dimensional arch, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Physics Tagged With: arc, compression, dome structure, forces, hatching goose eggs, strength of egg shells, tension, Thomas Edison

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