Am I the only one who feels like his narration would be perfect in a portal game? Especially with the bit about sound resonating in your skull if you hold it up to your teeth at the end...
Goddamn, That's the first time i've had someone explain a governor to me.
I've asked so many science teachers during school, engineering workers and all that jazz. Some random FJ video answers my decade old question.
That's the problem, I love steam engines, and You have no idea how many people i've played with a steam engine they've owned couldn't quite answer how the governor worked.
Always something along the lines of, Well, it spins until it can't spin no faster. Once it spins as fast as it can the engine goes no faster.
I mean, It's a correct answer but not what i was after!
He seems kind of dismissive towards more complex devices - radio and the grammophone, even though they're even more of a marvel of engineering and science.