Vince said:Now which one of those floating around in there is my candy bar?
Voter2002 said:Redneck water fountain
True? Nah.morganj614 said:and true
morganj614 said:
"While the Coriolis Effect does exist, it only works for large bodies of air or water, such as continent-sized weather systems," he explained recently. "Its effect on smaller bodies is negligible; the minuscule imperfections in the surface of a sink's bowl and the angle of the spigots would have more of an impact."Vince said:True? Nah.
Vince said:"While the Coriolis Effect does exist, it only works for large bodies of air or water, such as continent-sized weather systems," he explained recently. "Its effect on smaller bodies is negligible; the minuscule imperfections in the surface of a sink's bowl and the angle of the spigots would have more of an impact."
When I was stationed in Antartica I used to watch that dayum water everytime I flushed just to see which way it went.morganj614 said:I could have lied and changed my answer but I went and read about it instead.. LOL
However, under meticulously controlled laboratory conditions, with a very large, perfectly symmetrical, circular tank, where the water has stood still for a week, and the plug removed in such a way as to avoid causing any disturbances, it is possible to see the Coriolis Effect, writes Alistair Fraser, a Pennsylvania State University professor. Fraser, who also runs the "Bad Science" website(www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/Bad/BadScience.html), says that anything less than these extraordinary controls causes the Coriolis Effect to be obliterated. As for toilets, "The direction of rotation of a draining toilet is determined by the way the water just under the rim is squirted into the bowl when it is flushed."
(buzzer sounding) Wrong answer. Read morg's link.somdcrab said:its true in australia it spins opposite