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Fun with Maths - Wellington Boot Epicycles

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Fun with Maths - Wellington Boot Epicycles

Here are 10 steps to create a Wellington Boot from rotating circles (epicycles). Ref 1: https://youtube.com/watch?v=qS4H6PEcCCA by Mathologer (recommend to subscribe) - Explanation of the maths Ref 2: https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/171755/how-can-i-draw-a-homer-with-epicycloids by anderstood for the code Ref 3: Code file - if you need the code Ref 4: The welly image 1) Create an account (14-day free trial available) at https://mathematica.wolframcloud.com 2) Create a new Wolfram notebook (File -> New Notebook) Paste the following code into the top part of the notebook (takes a few seconds for Wolfram to recognise it): img = Import["https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0001/1319/files/wellington-boot-black-and-white.gif?9529291750893159073"];img = Binarize[img~ColorConvert~"Grayscale"];img = ImageResize[img,100];img = Blur[img,3];pts = DeleteDuplicates@   Cases[Normal@      ListContourPlot[Reverse@ImageData[img],        Contours -> {0.5}], _Line, -1][[1, 1]];center = Mean@MinMax[pts] & /@...

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British Welly Week

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British Welly Week

Photo: Pixabay When is British Welly Week? Welly week is an unofficial National celebration of the humble British Wellington Boot.  It is usually held in the last week of April.There are two Wellington boot weeks. April showers bring May flowers: Welly week is in April when the mud starts increasing due to April showers October/November: welly week is in the middle of October when the Autumn rains start creating muddy fields. This is a charity event run by the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (see this link for more information) What to do during Welly Week? Wear your wellies to work during Wellington Boot week....

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Mannequin vs Manikin Spelling

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Mannequin vs Manikin Spelling

We've wondered about the spelling of mannequin or manikin for some time now. We researched this and created this webpage to share this information. It's complicated... How to spell mannequin/manikin...? How do you spell the word? The short answer is: if it's a medical dummy or artists tool then we use the word 'manikin' if it's for a window display or it's clothing related then use the word 'mannequin' if it's a robot or mechanical or artificial intelligence being - then use 'mannequin' if it's a small figure of a human then use manikin (e.g. a toy, doll, puppet, marionette,  or a...

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How the weather works for kids

Karen Henry Article Dew Point Earth Educational Fun How it works Kids Oceans Precipitation Pressure Rain Seasons Sun Weather Wind

  The Sun The Sun makes all weather on the Earth. The Sun heats the Earth's ground, oceans, and air. Only the side of the Earth that faces the sun is heated by the Sun.  The Earth rotates around its axis like a spinning top. Seasons The Earth also revolves around the sun causing the seasons. Winter, Summer, Autumn, and Spring have different temperatures. This is because the Earth is tilted on its axis of rotation. The seasons are Autumn, Winter, Spring, and then Summer. In Autumn the leaves change from green to yellow or red to keep the ground warm and protect the...

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Christmas Cake Recipe by Julie-Ann Henry

Karen Henry Article Cake Christmas Fun Julie-Ann Henry Recipe

Traditional Christmas Cake You are never too young or too old to learn. Every year I make a bunch of resolutions for the Xmas period including making a traditional cake. Only this year has that resolution come to fruition (cheesy grin) and it was such a hit with friends and family that I decided to share this "easy to prepare" recipe with others in the hopes that they too could go out and impress the elf socks off everyone, enjoy and remember...dont forget to have fun. Christmas Cake Recipe What you need Ingredients 250g fruit cake mix 50g mixed citrus...

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