http://www.markpneyer.com/wp/2006/07/14/physics-is-usefull-also-capture-the-flag-etc/ Finding Interesting, Useful, and Beautiful Mathematical Patterns in the Universe Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:40:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.markpneyer.com/wp/2006/07/14/physics-is-usefull-also-capture-the-flag-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-181 MarkPNeyer Sat, 15 Jul 2006 19:20:58 +0000 http://markpneyer.com/wp/index.php/2006/07/14/physics-is-usefull-also-capture-the-flag-etc/#comment-181 that would be the coriolis effect; someone else proposed the same thing. The thing is, water in a fountain like that is much too small a body to be effected by the coriolis force. that would be the coriolis effect; someone else proposed the same thing. The thing is, water in a fountain like that is much too small a body to be effected by the coriolis force.

]]> http://www.markpneyer.com/wp/2006/07/14/physics-is-usefull-also-capture-the-flag-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-180 luke Sat, 15 Jul 2006 03:20:22 +0000 http://markpneyer.com/wp/index.php/2006/07/14/physics-is-usefull-also-capture-the-flag-etc/#comment-180 did the water move clockwise or counterclockwise? you stated clockwise in an earlier paragraph, then counterclockwise later. I think there is some sort of bernoulli principle or whatever stating water flows counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern. did the water move clockwise or counterclockwise? you stated clockwise in an earlier paragraph, then counterclockwise later. I think there is some sort of bernoulli principle or whatever stating water flows counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern.

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