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  • Beakman's World Vacuums, Beakmania & Weaving (Season 3, Episode 7)
  • TV-PG
    TV Episode | 21 min | Comedy, Family

Beakman's World

Vacuums, Beakmania & Weaving (Season 3, Episode 7)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 21 min | Comedy, Family
When asked to explain how a vacuum cleaner works, Beakman begins by correcting Lester's misconception, noting that dirt is pushed, not sucked, inside. After Professor Boring defines a vacuum as "a space relatively empty of matter," Beakman...See moreWhen asked to explain how a vacuum cleaner works, Beakman begins by correcting Lester's misconception, noting that dirt is pushed, not sucked, inside. After Professor Boring defines a vacuum as "a space relatively empty of matter," Beakman uses a bell jar device and a marshmallow in a messy demonstration of how a difference in pressure causes air to move from the area of higher pressure to where it is lower. He then points out that, as a result of this pressure difference, the moving air pushes material along with it, just like what happens with a household vacuum cleaner. In "Beakmania," Beakman reveals the difference between the black soil in Kansas (organically rich) and the red soil of Oklahoma (iron rich); the size of the Great Wall of China (3,925 miles long and 25 feet high); and that walruses can't stand the color red. Moving along to her segment on health, Doctor Liza discusses the common cold and what to do about it. After discussing the virus' various symptoms, Liza recommends that plenty of rest and lots of fluids be augmented with good hygiene to promote a speedy recovery. Turning to a question about how cotton balls and sheep are used to make clothing, Beakman explains that spinning and weaving cloth was first used about 6,000 years ago in ancient Egypt and Babylon. Beginning with cotton, he then shows its journey from the fields where it is grown, picked, cleaned and baled, to the textile mills where it is spun into yarn on spinning frames and then woven into cloth on large computer controlled looms before being made into all kinds of clothing. Then, after using the Boguscope for a microscopic look at weaving, he introduces his special guest, Sheila the Sheep, for a look at wool. Finally, as Lester is giving Sheila a shearing, Beakman describes how sheep's wool is processed much like cotton before being made into clothing before concluding with some facts and myths about the Bermuda Triangle. Written by Anonymous See less
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Denis M. Hannigan | Mark Mothersbaugh
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Updated Oct 14, 1995
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Oct 14, 1995 (United States)
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5 wins & 32 nominations

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