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• Folk Music Links
• Favorite Maritime Links

• A Hundred Years Ago
• Aweigh, Santy Ano
• The Black Ball Line
• Blow the Man Down
• Blow Boys, Blow!
• Boney Was a Warrior
• The Coasts of High Barbary
• The Dead Horse
• The Dreadnought
• Drunken Sailor
• Eliza Lee
• Fire Down Below
• The Fish of the Sea
• The Golden Vanity
• Hanging Johnny
• Haul Away, Joe! (1)
• Haul Away, Joe! (2)
• Holy Ground Once More
• Homeward Bound
• The Lass of Swansea Town
• Leave Her, Johnny
• Maid of Amsterdam
• New York Girls (1)
• New York Girls (2)
• Old Swansea Town Once More
• One More Day
• The Ox-Eyed Man
• Paddy Doyle's Boots
• Paddy, Get Back
• Paddy West
• Reuben Ranzo
• The Rio Grande
• Rolling Home
• The Sailor's Loves
• Sally Brown
• The Saucy Sailor Boy
• Shenandoah
• Storm Along
• We'll Rant and We'll Roar
• We're All Bound to Go
• Whisky Johnnie
• Won't You Go My Way?
• Yankee Whalermen

• Admiral Benbow
• Andrew Bartin
• The Arethusa
• The Bay of Biscay
• The Bay of Biscay, O!
• Ben Backstay (1)
• Ben Backstay (2)
• Bold Nelson's Praise
• The Bold Princess Royal
• The Bonny Ship The Diamond
• Captain Kidd
• Chesapeake and Shannon
• The Constitution and the Guerriere
• The Glasgow
• Heart of Oak
• Henry Martin
• The Isle of France
• It's of a Sailor Bold
• Johnny Todd
• The Jolly Young Waterman
• Come, Loose Every Sail to the Breeze
• Lord Franklin
• The Low, Low Lands of Holland
• Married to a Mermaid
• The Mermaid
• On Board a Ninety-Eight
• Paul Jones
• The Pirate Song
• Quare Bungle Rye
• The Rambling Sailor
• Rhyme of the Chivalrous Shark
• Sir Patrick Spence
• Sir Peter Parker
• The Tarpaulin Jacket
• Then Farewell, My Tridonotuse-Built Wherry
• Three Fishers
• Toll For the Brave
• Tom Bowling
• Tom Tough
• Ward the Pirate
• We Be Three Poor Mariners
• A Wet Sheet and A Flowing Sea
• Will Watch
• The Yankee Man-of-War
• Young Edwin in the Lowlands Low

• Abdul Abulbul Amir
• Ballad of Ivan Petrofsky Skevar
• The Crocodile Song
• Dance to your Daddy
• Poor Old Horse
• The Sheffield Apprentice
• Shennandoah
• Van Diemen's Land

• Can of Grog
• Here's to the Grog
• Eight Bells
• Farewell to Grog
• Sling the Flowing Bowl
• Nelson's Blood
• Rolling Down to Old Maui
• Rolling Down to Old Mohee

• Billy Taylor
• Black-Eyed Susan
• Blow the Wind Southerly
• A Brisk Young Sailor
• Britons, Strike Home
• Come, Loose Every Sail to the Breeze
• The Drowned Lover
• The Dying Californian
• The Fair Sailor Lad
• Fair Susan
• Farewell to Nova Scotia
• The Female Smuggler
• Heavy the Beat of the Weary Waves
• House Carpenter (English Version)
• House Carpenter (Canadian Version)
• I Must Live All Alone
• Jackaroe
• The Keeper of the Eddystone Light
• The Lass That Loves A Sailor
• The Little Lowland Maid
• Lovely Molly
• Mary's Dream
• Miss Bailey's Ghost
• Nancy Lee
• The Nightingale
• Our Ship She Lies in Harbour
• Poor Sally Sits A-Weeping
• The Pretty Ploughboy
• The Saucy Sailor Boy
• Tarry Trousers
• The Token
• The Valiant Lady
• White Wings
• William and Mary
• William Taylor

• Anchors Aweigh!
• Botany Bay (1)
• Botany Bay (2)

• The Contemplator's Short History of Grog
• The Contemplator's Short History of the Anglo-Dutch Wars
• The Contemplator's Short Biography of Charles Dibdin

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newscientist - New Scientist - Everyday Scientific Phenomena
Liquids Phenomena
Seaside Phenomena

• "Warum fallen schlafende Vögel nicht vom Baum?" und
• "Was macht die Mücke beim Wolkenbruch?"

• Results 1 to 15 of 108
• Boring method: Can you bore holes in glass using camphor dissolved in turpentine?
• Evil ice: Can you make ice using nitric acid?
• Self-pouring: How do you explain a liquid that can pour itself?
• Bubble trouble 2: Behaviour of bubbles relative to size
• Wet, wet, dry: How concrete dries underwater
• Blowing bubbles: Why does ordinary soap make bubble bath disappear?
• Bubble trouble: How to make sturdier, longer-lived bubbles
• Wet stuff: Why porous objects are darker when wet
• Natural effervescence: In what form is CO2 found in natural mineral water springs, how does it get there and why is it removed and then added back before bottling?
• Pond life: How does barley prevent weed from growing in a pond?
• Warm feeling: How does a gel-filled plastic jacket for warming bottles of red wine work?
• A long drink: What's the maximum length straw you can using for drinking cola?
• Water weight: What is "light water"?
• No borders: Why is it that when I run a bath, the condensation doesn't form on the outer half-centimetre of my mirror?
• Touchy taps: Why your hold and cold taps show extreme reactions to small adjustments
• Results 16 to 30 of 108
• Hot stuff: Which freezes faster - hot water or cold water?
• Ram odd: What is a hydraulic ram?
• Stirring' stuff: The principles of powders in liquids
• Growing bubbles: Bubbles that form when water is cooling in a sealed container
• Nozzle puzzle: Why nozzles behave strangely in buckets
• Bubbly character: Do bubbles formed when using detergent or soap get things cleaner?
• Bubbling down: The behaviour of bubbles in a juke box
• Mixed reaction: Why, when I turn on the cold tap in my mixer taps does it make the water get warmer first?
• Clear thinking: Why can you see through water?
• Field of bubbles: When I placed a glass of still mineral water in front of my computer screen I noticed that tiny bubbles started to form around the edge of the glass. Why does this happen and is the water still OK for me to drink?
• Bow how?: How does a rounded bow bulb eliminate the bow wave, and how does it improve efficiency?
• The black stuff?: In a pint of Guinness the liquid is black, yet the bubbles that settle on top, which are made of the same stuff, are white. Why?
• Down the plughole: Do giant whirlpools ever form in hydroelectric reservoirs where the water runs through the base of the dam?
• Gurgle time: Does liquid pouring from an inverted bottle flow faster at the beginning and end of its expulsion or when it reaches the "glug-glug" point somewhere in the middle?
• Results 31 to 45 of 108
• Gurgle time: Does liquid pouring from an inverted bottle flow faster at the beginning and end of its expulsion or when it reaches the "glug-glug" point somewhere in the middle?
• Dairy dilemma: Why does pasteurised and UHT milk last and taste almost the same?
• Hail the ale: What are the properties of hops that help them to preserve beer?
• Smoke Stacks: What is smoke?
• Killer chemical: How does chlorine in swimming pools kill harmful organisms and why is it the chemical of choice?
• Curious cuppa: Why does a cup of black tea lighten considerably when you add a few drops of lemon juice?
• Perspiring patterns: Why do men sweat more than women?
• Indestructible wine: Why should bottles of Madeira wine be stored upright?
• Ship shifting: Can an unaided person move a large ship?
• Water speed records: The water in my local river has risen by a quarter, yet its speed has increased by four times. Why?
• Low gravity lager: Can you brew beer in space?
• Peat ponds: In Scotland's peat covered Cairngorm mountains you find ponds with an oily film on the surface. Why?
• Water everywhere: How much water do we really need to drink for optimum health?
• Drip reduction: Why do trickling taps turn into dripping taps?
• Thin ice: What makes ice "hairs" form on frosty mornings?
• Results 46 to 60 of 108
• Soggy pud: Why does a steamed pudding immersed in boiling water stay dry?
• Icy shake: Why does a frozen layer form on shaken milk shake?
• Tank trap: Secrets of the Chinese optical illusion water tank
• Ice chiller: How can a normal bottle of mineral water at room temperature turn into ice?
• Drinkers' legs: Why do rivulets or 'legs' of whisky form on a glass after sipping?
• No froth: When making cappuccino why does some milk froth and other milk not?
• Broth bother: Why do starchy liquids revolve after stirring?
• Aim and pour: Why do liquids stick to the carton when poured slowly?
• It's frothy man: What causes the froth on a good cup of espresso?
• Spray can: Why do cans of drink not spray if you tap them first?
• A tinny please: Why canned beer has a metallic taste
• Water baby: Why dont adults float as well as kids
• Twister: Why a corkscrew effect happens when some liquids are poured
• One or two?: Is it really better to make coffee and tea with fresh, cold water?
• Sud's law: Why do all colours of bubble bath have white bubbles?
• Results 61 to 75 of 108
• Wayward water: Why a comb attracts water when full of static
• Bubbly attraction: Why do bubbles appear to be attracted to each other?
• In the dumps: Why do cooked dumplings float
• Transparent rocks: How do you get clear ice cubes?
• Frying problem: What are the patterns in cooking oil?
• Light ale: Why some beer cans float and some don't
• Highland blues: Why a bar of soap turned tap water blue
• Question of class: Does leaving wine to breathe make any difference?
• Crinkle tips: Why your fingertips wrinkle in water
• Fizz ice: Why beer cans can freeze when opened
• All shook up: How long to leave soda after shaking the can
• Over the top: Why when pouring into a wet glass, sparkling wine or beer don't froth up ?
• Round water: Why water droplets float on water
• Ice screens: Why do different kinds of ice appear on the same car?
• Watery grave: Are there useful and healthy minerals in non-distilled water?
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• Stirring stuff: Is there a real difference between "shaken" and "stirred" martinis?
• Titanic explosions: Why does submerged iron explode when brought back to the surface?
• Citric secret: Why does lemon juice stop cut apples and pears from browning?
• Can do: How are non-alcoholic fizzy drinks sealed in a can?
• Honey monster: How can an unopened jar of runny, clear honey suddenly begin to turn into a hardened block of sugar with no obvious external stimulus?
• Vodka on the rocks: Why does frozen vodka contain rhombic ice crystals that float vertically?
• The Blob: What is the origin of a 2-centimetre-high blob of colourless, transparent gel in our fridge?
• Beer buoys: Why do my cans of beer, randomly distributed in ice, float on their ends when the ice melts?
• Tight squeeze: When you cover part of a tap, why doesn't the water pressure increase (as on a hosepipe)?
• Hard work: Where does water get the energy from to burst pipes when it freezes?
• Dead weight: Why do corpses submerged in water eventually float to the surface?
• Molten core: When you melt a block of butter in a microwave, why does the outside stay firm, but the inside melt?
• Heated hop: Why does beer go flat when it gets warm?
• Natural gunk: Why does foam form near waterfalls?
• Crawling along: How does the up and down kick used with the crawl propel a swimmer forward?
• Results 91 to 105 of 108
• Pool pull: Can you swim faster in saltwater or fresh?
• Micro madness: Heating a mug of water in a microwave--why does a violent bubbling often start after the mug has been removed?
• Line breakers: How foam lines form on moorland waters
• Nutty water: Why water in a used peanut butter jar turned blue
• Ice surprise: Explanation of a mysterious ice formation
• Close shave: The importance of foam in shaving...
• Mix and match: How to mix powder and water with getting lumps ?
• Cleaning up: Why cola removes corrosion
• Widget history: How does a beer can widget work?
• Cubed route: The patterns of bubbles in ice cubes
• Bouncing rice: Why a grain of rice which is dropped into a carbonated liquid bounces up and down
• White water drinking: Why ouzo turns white in water
• Snowballs from Space: Is the theory that all the Earth's water was brought here by comets, true?
• Goggle-eyed: Why can I see clearly underwater with goggles but not without?
• Space hop: What would happen to a pint of beer in space?
• Results 106 to 108 of 108
• Speaker's throat: Why does my throat go dry when I'm nervous
• Little drip: Why is the sound of a waterfall relaxing but the sound of a dripping tap irritating?
• Salt removal: Is it true that it's possible to obtain fresh water from blocks of saltwater ice?

• Results 1 to 15 of 40
• Quick sand, slow sand: Why is some sand hard enough to ride abike on it, but so soft that walking is difficult?
• Castles of sand: Why does damp sand hold its shape while dry sand crumbles?
• Watermarks: Why shells on a beach are left in lines rather than scattered about by the receding waves
• Dune: Why are the ripples left on a sandy beach fairly constant in length, height and direction?
• Floatin' on air: Do air mattresses always drift out to sea?
• Flat stoned: Why flat stones accumulate at the top of the beach
• Paddle puzzle: Why is the sea salty?
• Round and about: What factors determine pebble shape?
• Wakey wakey: What determines the angle of a boat's wake?
• Making waves: Why does a boat's wake take so long to disperse?
• Waterfall: Why passing canal boats make the water level drop
• Round and about: How are circular rainbows formed?
• Clear blue sea: Why are the oceans blue?
• Mussel fight: Can mussels contain pearls?
• Strait not narrow: How does the Chunnel compensate for the fact that the Channel widens from erosion?
• Results 16 to 30 of 40
• Coast to coast: What height does the sea level have to be to produce a maximum total coastline on the planet?
• Floundering about: How do certain animals, such as the flounder, change their colour to match their background?
• Shorelines: Why do waves travel towards a shore no matter which way the wind blows?
• Raindance: Why do seagulls stamp their feet on wet grass in the early morning?
• Dividing rule: How can a river divide and subsequently flow in two different directions?
• Horse play: Stability of flat-bottomed horse ferries in 19th century Scotland...
• Balance of power: Is it true that Britain is sinking in the south and rising in the north? If so, why?
• Rig dwellers: Why some birds ride out a storm at sea
• Nodes of success: Can deep sea manganese nodules be mined?
• Tiree, good: How do remote shipping forecast stations work?
• Sinking feeling: What causes quicksand?
• All together now: Why is a double kayak faster with sychronised alternate paddling than with same-side paddling?
• Dry seas: Do rainless 'deserts' at sea exist? How permanent are they and have they been charted?
• Wave power: How do wind gusts become ocean wave swells and what determines size and frequency?
• Natural gunk: Why does foam form near waterfalls?
• Results 31 to 40 of 40
• Paws for thought: Why do cats (not naturally marine creatures) like fish so much?
• Line breakers: How foam lines form on moorland waters
• Water everywhere: What do marine mammals drink?
• Bright sparks: What was that strange blue phosphorescence on the beach?
• Mad tidings: Why are there simultaneous high tides?
• Snowballs from Space: Is the theory that all the Earth's water was brought here by comets, true?
• Goggle-eyed: Why can I see clearly underwater with goggles but not without?
• Bend out of shape: Can you tell me why dolphins, and indeed other deep-diving mammals, manage to avoid the "bends"?
• Back 'n' forth: Where does tide energy come from?
• Salt removal: Is it true that it's possible to obtain fresh water from blocks of saltwater ice?

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