Episode
MythBusters: Earthquake Machine
Overview
Adam and Jamie take on one of the greatest scientist/inventor and myth creator legends of all time: Nikolai Tesla and his Earthquake Machine. Tory and Kari investigate a lethal lava lamp.
Details
- Series
- MythBusters
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 2006-08-30
Episode context
Earthquake Machine is Episode 17 in Season 4 of MythBusters. It aired on 2006-08-30.
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Episode 19: Mega Movie Myths
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Episode 14: Mentos and Soda
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Episode 20: Killer Cable Snaps
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Episode 13: Whirlpool/Snowplow
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Episode 21: Air Cylinder Rocket
Can a ruptured cylinder -- carefully aimed --really cause the massive damage some people claim? Meanwhile, Tory, Grant and Kari go back in time to test some prototypes from the past.
Episode 12: Steam Cannon
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Episode 22: More Myths Revisited
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Episode 11: Crimes and Myth-Demeanors (1)
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Episode 23: Exploding Lighter
Jamie and Adam find out if a small, disposable butane lighter can suddenly ignite with the force of several sticks of dynamite. The "Magnificent Three" try and shoot down some popular gunslinger myths.