It seems to me that the turbine (which I am assuming is the faint little black line in the middle) is in a casing with the vanes outside (seemingly) how does the turbine push the fluid through the vanes and more importantly moving on to the next stage (Also, sorry if I'm just misinterpreting the...

book on a couple found frozen in ice comes back to life a DOCTOR/SCEINTIST discovers frozen box in which a man and woman is found. man goes missing and the woman is still alive. The doctor devises a medicine for the woman to live . The missing man comes back but refuses to take the medicine and f...

I read this book in the 90s and so I think it was written late 80s or 90s. it was set in London and the main character had a nightclub in Bermondsey and there was a thatcher like figure in government called Nanny. The main character had a wife who was sick or addicted to drugs (can't remember) bu...

In the fourth Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, it is mentioned that Quidditch World Cup games may last several days, whereas the typical college game lasts only several hours. This implies that professional level Quidditch games last significantly longer on average, which s...

I'm looking for a short story where the narrator has to travel a long way, probably for work, and has to stop overnight in a village he doesn't know. He is stopped by the police for a trivial reason, and detained at the station overnight. He notes several intriguing details, including the shape o...