Why Snatch Blocks Are AWESOME (How Pulleys Work) - Smarter Every Day 228 ─ SmarterEveryDay

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If you'd like to 3D print the Snatch Blocks and pulleys we use in this video they are here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:402...

Read Plutarch's account of Archimedes:
http://www.math.pitt.edu/~sph/osher-c...

The wikipedia page on Block and Tackle is really good:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_a...

I thought this was a great video about why you should put blankets on your winch cable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPba-...

Chris Hadfield is a veteran Canadian Astronaut and a great friend of science. He engages the public often and is a great follow on twitter: https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield?ref...
He can be contacted for speaking engagements here:
https://chrishadfield.ca/

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Jeremy Fielding has his own YouTube channel which you can enjoy here!
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