An Expected Comet (feat. Adam Savage) - Objectivity 269

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Here are some pics of the documents as promised: www.patreon.com/posts/78360229

[@sztaylor89]

You two look like brothers

[@tbird81]

Better than being Adam's sister!

[@Markle2k]

"Not on my arm" Adam tries to be the gentleman and let it pass, but the Aussie cannot

[@TBSkyen]

Brady and Adam showing up to the shoot like "well ONE OF US has to change!"

[@WhatAboutTheBee]

5:54 The instrument is his famous "Dividing Engine" which was to divide a circle into parts. Incredibly useful for things like sextants, wherein precision markings are required. It is essentially a worm drive on the circumference of a large table, with anti-backlash. Ramsden is quite an important figure in the quest for Longitude.

[@John_Ridley]

Cool. Still used today, for gear making and similar in the machine shop

[@joshuathompson3258]

With regards to that line of inquiry, I guess you could say, he was.... instrumental.

[@fburton8]

Septants too then, presumably.

[@steve1978ger]

@@joshuathompson3258 - that's a well measured assumption

[@scottjacoby2594]

I’ve been waiting for this episode ever since the Adam Savage episode from several weeks back. Sometimes when there’s a special guest featured on the channel, their Gloves of Destiney episode is the next installment. This one had us waiting for weeks! Rupert is a fine feature this episode too, but would have loved to see Adam and Keith interact as well. Maybe next time.

[@bigsarge2085]

Fantastic! And Rupert's cheeky response. . . 😄

[@rtpoe]

The other day I read that Emperor Hirohito of Japan was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1971 - and it wasn't an entirely honorary thing. There's GOT to be a story behind it! Please may we have it for a future Objectivity?

[@Penrose707]

I have enjoyed this crossover event in the Bradyverse, please more Adam!!

[@rtpoe]

Don't keep us in suspense! Was there a comet visible in Great Britain in early 1790?

[@gillo100]

And what did it smell like?

[@jh-ec7si]

Caroline Herschel discovered two comets in early 1790 so perhaps this chap had seen one of them earlier. Also, it seems that the idea of sulpherous comets was quite common at the time to descibe a comet's tail - Caroline was depicted in a satirical cartoon smelling the sulphurous scent of an anthropomorphised comet ejecting matter from its backside (perhaps worth seeing). The chap who wrote the letter got a bit carried away with the sulphur stuff but it suggests he observed a notable tail on the comet.

[@jpe1]

At 4:01 when Brady says that he was writing on Christmas Day, I know the “avoiding his family” comment was just an offhand joke, but I think it’s worth noting that in late 18th century Christmas was not the orgy of consumerism and gauche displays of wealth that it became in the latter half of the 20th. While it was an important day on the Church calendar, the rest of society outside of Church didn’t pay special attention to the date. The way Christmas is celebrated in the USA today has its origins in Dickens’ book “A Christmas Carol” and the preferences of Queen Victoria and has little in common with how the Church celebrated the religious holiday a century prior.

[@Neil-ii3dp]

Rupert! Giving Keith a run for his money here 😂

[@theemissary1313]

Objectivity 270 must be on Rupert's tattoo!

[@sean_vikoren]

Super fun peek through the screens of time. New series?!? Also, Rupert seems to be unusually well suited to the stage.

[@kjkaratejason]

"Not on my *arm*..." Do tell, Rupert

[@RFC-3514]

Adam and Brady are slowly morphing into each other.

[@KarlFarbman]

Always love the Brady-Adam collabs!

[@CharlieTheNerd91]

6:26 that joke went straight over their heads there haha :D

[@Dave_Sisson]

Visits to the Royal Society archives seem to be confined to London in recent years. But thinking way, way back... I wonder what happened to that archivist who somehow offended the Royal Society and was sent to work in their salt mines outpost. Actually I'm more interested in what sort of crime or outrage she committed that caused her to be banished to the salt mines?

[@jtbwilliams]

Holy shlt they're the same person but from different continents and slightly differently hued hair.

[@wierdalien1]

I mean when Adam was Bradys age he was the same colour

[@polares8187]

This was amazing. Thank you brady and adam

[@guyh3403]

Rupert is a trooper! Thank you so much.

[@annwagner5779]

Geeks geeking out together - such joy! Adam is a true gift to the world of archives and museums. I’m a museum Director - I want him to come do programs for us!

[@scrotiemcboogerballs1981]

Thanks for sharing

[@arcanics1971]

What have they done with Keith??? (No offence intended to Rupert, who clearly is a bit of scoundrel!)

[@krisweinschenker598]

Very interesting experiment.

[@SaugotChowdhury]

A gem among legends

[@Yupppi]

The thing I'm most fascinated by is the art and skill of writing they had some centuries ago. Like art work on ruler.

[@mojosbigsticks]

Oh Rupert!

[@douglasboyle6544]

Rupert is a hoot. Good to know everyone at the Royal Society is a bit on the wild side.

[@davidnotonstinnett]

Dude…I would love a podcast where you guys talk. Maybe make the title a general greeting to users of the World Wide Web.

[@renerpho]

I don't think there was a bright comet visible in 1789. There was, however, one in the fall of 1769 (C/1769 P1, one of the most spectacular comets of the 18th century). Could the letter be about that one?

[@larryscott3982]

He just happened to pick a comet. How convenient

[@19TheChaosWarrior79]

Legend

[@FredStam]

nice video Adam

[@dcallan812]

Nice video, 👍👍

[@Philrc]

Where is Kieth?

[@fluffy2004wrb]

I do so love Brady talking with various nerdy folks about myriad nerdy things. I'm not saying I don't understand the need for branching out, and refreshing of the palate, or interpersonal variety, but I'd love to see Grey (from the neck down, of course) don the white gloves of destiny. Perhaps we'd find some Dinosaurs ATTACK! cards in the stacks . . . As always, well done, sir. Thank you for keeping my mind as curious as ever a child, and seeing the world for the first time.

[@TheyCallMeNewb]

Keith perhaps not the only master in those aisles!

[@culwin]

Rupert is quite saucy.

[@Marconius6]

The guy talking about Jacob's Ladder could have just been looking to get a new piercing. (Don't Google that.)

[@KarissaBoBissa]

Can I ask about how this sort of card catalogue is produced? Is every book in the collection meticulously catalogued with potentially thousands of cards for each book or is it a little more simplified? Could you perhaps go into detail about the cataloguing process and what sorts of subjects deserve a card in the file cabinet?

[@annwagner5779]

An 18th century cootie catcher! 😂

[@YoutubeConnoisseur]

Wow Brady, you have lost a good amount of weight over these last few years. Its so noticeable. Proud of ya

[@iambiggus]

Rupert is my guy!!!

[@tpottrell]

Wonder which comet that was, assuming it was accurate :)

[@orellaminx3530]

Whenever Keith retires, Adam should hire him for a year just to catalouge his cave of wonders.

[@NotKyleChicago]

Who is the general who used the instrument, and for what purpose?

[@patricksanders858]

Isn't s Jacobs ladder an electrical voltage thingie?

[@tramsgar]

Hey leave Rupert alone! 🤣

[@lucyinchat]

Yay

[@lucidmoses]

I bet your going to get a lot of comments regarding Keith not being there.

[@FyvaPro]

Damn Brady looks young and fit, barely recognized him

[@praveenb9048]

Things from the Crypt

[@Evangelion13595]

Adam Savage…You ARE the father!

[@charlesm.1638]

Would they have records on a Gilles-François Boulduc? My ancestor, who is a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences as well as his father, is Simon Boulduc, who is as well a member, as well as Louis Bolduc, who was the Attorney for King Louis XIV.

[@rockets4kids]

What is this, a crossover episode?

[@tenthz]

The science uncles unite!

[@lastSKYsamurai]

Can Brady and Adam just go to the pub and have a beer together please. #wholesome #allisrightwiththeworld

[@markanderson1088]

Brady, periodic videos needs an updated tantalum video!!!!

[@renerpho]

Why?

[@Graeme_Lastname]

I wish I had your job and could do it as well as you do. 🙂

[@matthewbloom3869]

twins

[@fussyboy2000]

Separated at birth?

[@deomapile1721]

Earlyy

[@hansdieter4537]

I see Adam, I dislike

[@scorinth]

Why?

[@tbird81]

Some people think he's a fake. I don't mind him that much.