Two books that just happened to be sitting next to eachother in the LC files:

001        47029455
003     DLC
005     20050826211147.0
008     761229s1946    xx            000 0 dut
010    _a   47029455
020    _a940.544
035    _a(OCoLC)2652163
040    _aDLC
       _cPBm
       _dDLC
042    _apremarc
050 00 _aD763.N42
       _bR64
100 1  _aToonder, Jan Gerhard,
       _d1914-
245 14 _aHet puin aan de Rotte,
       _cdoor J. Gerhard Toonder.
260    _aAmsterdam,
       _bA. J. G. Strengholt
       _c[c1946]
300    _a95 p.
       _billus.
       _c27 cm.
651  0 _aRotterdam (Netherlands)
       _yBombardment, 1940.

Note the 600 series fields above and below.

001        47029622
003     DLC
005     20050415202653.0
008     731204s1947    nyua     b    001 0 eng
010    _a   47029622
020    _a0820601128
035    _a(OCoLC)754199
040    _aDLC
       _cOY
       _dDLC
042    _apremarc
050 00 _aTP300
       _b.W4 1947
082    _a662.1
100 1  _aWeingart, George W.
       _q(George Washington),
       _d1871-
245 10 _aPyrotechnics /
       _cby George Weingart.
250    _a2d ed., rev. and enl.
260    _aBrooklyn :
       _bChemical Pub. Co.,
       _cc1947.
300    _axii, 244 p. :
       _bill. ;
       _c23 cm.
500    _aPub. 1937 under title: Dictionary and manual of pyrotechny; 1939 under title: Pyrotechny;
              a practical manual for manufacturers of fireworks, signals, flares and pyrotechnic displays;
              1943 under title: Pyrotechnics, civil and military.
500    _aIncludes index.
504    _a“List of pyrotechnical books”: p. 232-233.
650  0 _aFireworks.

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Newley Purnell pointed me at this astronomy picture of the day by Antti Kemppainen:

Sometimes the sky itself is the best show in town. On January 26, people from Perth, Australia gathered on a local beach to watch a sky light up with delights near and far. Nearby, fireworks exploded as part of Australia Day celebrations. On the far right, lightning from a thunderstorm flashed in the distance. Near the image center, though, seen through clouds, was the most unusual sight of all: Comet McNaught. The photogenic comet was so bright that it even remained visible though the din of Earthly flashes. Comet McNaught continues to move out from the Sun and dim, but should remain visible in southern skies with binoculars through the end of this month. The above image is actually a three photograph panorama digitally processed to reduce red reflections from the exploding firework.

Indeed, the skies haven’t seemed this heavy since I saw Aaron Koblin’s Flightplan.

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Via NPR this morning:

A Michigan man strapped more than 13,000 firecrackers onto himself, and lit the fuse. John Fletcher publicized it as an effort to support U.S. troops. It was an event to collect cell phones for soldiers. The Daily Press and Argus, in Livingston County, Mich., shows Fletcher standing calmly as the firecrackers explode. Afterward he did say he needed some Tylenol.

LivingstonDaily.com has has video as well as photos of the fiery 47 seconds of firecracker fury, which worked out a whole lot better than this other soldier-related firecracker stunt.

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PES offers these fireworks for any occasion, but when better to celebrate than the new year?

And thinking of that, if all these clocks are correct, the new year has already started in GMT, which means I’m probably a few drinks behind and need to catch up.

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I pointed out this Jet Turbine Powered Toyota MR2 a year ago, but now I’ve discovered Ron Patrick’s Jet Powered VW Beatle. The story is well told in a San Francisco Gate article from April (with bonus video), which describes the builder:

Patrick is a 48-year-old Stanford-trained (Ph.D.) engineer who owns ECM (Engine Control and Monitoring), a Sunnyvale firm that makes electronic instruments used by auto manufacturers to calibrate their engines for performance, fuel economy and emissions. He knows cars. He knows how they work. He’s an animated man who has a seasoned sense of humor, a wry view of the world, mixed with a dash of the absurd and an absolute passion for things like, well, jet-powered cars. (Link added –Casey)

Toyotas, Volkswagons, heck, even wheelchairs, shopping carts, and scooters have seen jet or rocket powered mods (but could that picture look more ridiculous?). Bruce Simpson features a few such contraptions at his site, and a 1995 Darwin Award went to a story about a fool putting JATO rockets on his 1967 Chevy Impala. That story turned out false, but it formed the genesis of this unverified story by a supposed biology teacher, son of junkyard operator, and curious guy with a JATO rocket and crazy friends.

In a little over 25,000 words, the author neatly describes the discovery of the key ingredient (the rockets), the construction of the vehicle (a 1957 Impala body on rails), the event (car runs down rails, big mess), and the aftermath (run, run, run, tell nobody for many years). That the story may wrap up a little too neatly may trouble some, but if I can’t link to rumors or outright fiction at this site, what can I do?

Besides, I’m much more interested in the notion of Patrick’s proposed jet powered scooter.

Aside: the ideal powerplant for projects like this appears to be a General Electric T58 turbine, developed in 1953 and often pulled from helicopters. The Toyota and Volkswagen here both use them. Other options include the JFS 100, as used by Patrick for his scooter and this modified Honda Z Car (hmm, amusing cars, even without jetmods). Finally, let us not forget the excitement of an entirely homemade pulse jet.

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Cliff worries that his website, Spiralbound.net, doesn’t get indexed by Google often enough. He’s a good guy, so I figure I’ll prime the pump for him. Here, Google Google.

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