HYT

H1 VELVET GUN

AN ENCOUNTER BETWEEN FINE WATCHMAKING AND FLUID MECHANICS. ONE MIGHT SAY A UTOPIA. SHATTERING ALL CERTAINTIES, STEAMROLLERING CONFORMITY, THE IDEA THAT LED TO THE H1 WAS SIMPLE AND CONSISTED OF TWO FLEXIBLE RESERVOIRS FIXED TO EACH END OF A CAPILLARY. IN ONE WAS AN AQUEOUS LIQUID FILLED WITH FLUORESCEIN, AND IN THE OTHER, A TRANSPARENT VISCOUS LIQUID. TO KEEP THEM SEPARATE : THE REPULSIVE FORCE OF THE MOLECULES IN EACH LIQUID, WITH A MENISCUS TO MARK THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE TWO. AS THE HOURS GO BY, THE FLUORESCENT LIQUID ADVANCES.