The Equator Water Experiment
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en realidad si es verdad no se sabe porque sucede eso
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Wow thanks for the lesson.. I was using this to teach my grandchildren. And I was amazed at how this even taught me.. Great lesson..
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I wonder if that wrist watch can pick up HBO
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Great trick, he had a good knack of just slighlty biasing it with the half moon 'stabiliser'. Notice how slowly and carefully he removes it on the equator itself (as if a few yards either way is ??)
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Don't believe everything you see ...
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look up "bad coriolis" on google. read first link
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This video is proof that the Coriolis force does NOT determine the direction of the drain swirl as one moves north or south of the equator. Why? Because the demonstrated swirl is exactly BACKWARDS. The Coriolis force (which is indeed too small to regulate actual drain swirl directions) would tend to produce a COUNTER-CLOCKWISE spin in the NORTHERN hemisphere (and the opposite in the southern hemisphere).
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That black man is David Blaine in disguise. It's just an illusion.
For this to actually take effect you would have to walk much farther than 10-15 feet. Though it is a great way to make money off tourists! =P
hotfuzz152 1 year ago 29
@1947west Not true... I'm a physics major, and if you do the calculations you'll see that the direction of water flow in such small quantities can't be affect by the Coriolis force. The Coriolis force only affects things as large as hurricanes. The water in the sink will turn any way it has a slight nudge to turn. So if you turn the plug slightly, or if you have a textured bowl, or if you give the water ANY initial direction at all, that's the way it will spin.
I'm sorry, but you were scammed.
iceskater1 11 months ago 28