Catching up too much

I have come to the realization that I have to play catch-up on my posting far too often; mainly because by the time everything is done, it's really late and all I want to do is go to bed. So now I think I'm just going to post things in the morning about the things I did the day before.

Yesterday Sam took me to MOSI (museum of science and industry) in Manchester. I have never seen anything like it! It was really cool! This museum takes up five buildings (as you probably know, there have been MAJOR advances in science and in industry in the last 200 years). The first building we went to was the main building. The main building homes basically two different things. On the main floor, it shows the advances that have been made in making fabric. It had HUGE machines that were used to turn wool into thread, and then others that turned that thread into fabric. They had giant looms and other machines that were used for other material related things.


Here's a picture of one of those machines. This one braids a bunch of different strings together to make a really cool looking ribbon thing.

The second level had all the major advances in science (the making of satellites, discovering heat as energy, etc.).

The second building was all about the 1800s. In Manchester. It was pretty cool, but there's not a whole lot to say about it. They didn't have too much on display, artifact wise. It was mainly things to read about. The basement however, was a little bit more exciting. The basement lead from the second building to the third and started off with the history of underground water systems. It really smelled bad, but I think the smell really went along with the displays of different toilet and bathing systems that have been used over time. From that, it showed different ways that water has been heated in the past.

I will post about the rest in a little bit. I need to go get an England shirt for this afternoon, me being in England for the World cup and all.

To be continued......