The Cosmic Corner

A diverse blog about science, engineering and genealogy of original thoughts by Britt Maxwell often with Mississippi connections. Some of my topics are about Cosmology, Geology and History. Some specific topics are expansive clays, Hurricane Katrina, Biblical volcanoes with tsunamis, meteor shock waves that can kill, the meteor at Chelyabinsk and one in Mississippi that destroyed a store. I update my more popular blogs regularly so check back. See Blog Archive on the right side. Click on arrows.

Saturday, April 29, 2023

THE BARNACLE THAT ESCAPED FROM STARKVILLE MISSISSIPPI

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My historic single cretaceous barnacle from the Starkville area is Arcoscalpellum withersi Collins which was collected in 1970 with Dr. E.E....
Monday, December 16, 2019

DRAINAGE FOR YAZOO CLAY

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This blog is about residential structures built with slab foundations in central Mississippi but it could also be used for residences with ...
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Wednesday, May 29, 2019

How to Find your Family Tree with Ancestry DNA

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This blog is about the Ancestry process using DNA that you can use to expand your family tree when you have hit a brick wall or a dead end f...
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Monday, November 19, 2018

The Natchez Revolt in the Mississippi Territory in 1781-The Last Year of the Revolutionary War

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INTRODUCTION: The Mississippi Territory was under Spanish control at the time and not part of the 13 colonies. However, the Spanish joined ...
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Thursday, August 31, 2017

Massive Martian Landslide found in Shalbatana Vallis using Google Earth "Mars"

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Shalbatana Vallis Landslide (looking south). Image from Google Earth "Mars"  This blog was updated on 8-22-2019 and again on 9...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Christmas Parade 1948 or 49 Jackson Ms

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A Christmas Parade in downtown Jackson Mississippi in either 1948 or 1949. The location is the corner of North State Street and Capitol ...
Monday, April 4, 2016

Investigating Slab Foundation Failures in Central Mississippi

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This post was updated on Oct 28, 2017,  Dec. 21, 2018, and again on June 3, 2020. In this post, I provide a simple method for determining th...
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