But I wouldn't call it good physics.
Ferdinando was known within the society for his interest in experiments concerned with what we now call physics.
Marshall Stoneham was always interested in what he called 'physics in action'.
Sounds like what we call physics, your experimental theology.
The problem isn't the designers' lack of imagination or the price of components; it's a little thing called physics.
"Natural philosophy is what we would today call physics."
Another design technique to prevent failures is called physics of failure.
This is called high-energy physics, due to the large amount of energy needed.
It's like that in science sometimes - really deep science what we call 'physics'.
As an engineer, I am always interested in what I'd call everyday-scale physics.