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In the recent CR4 threads, Aeroplanes and Water Down the Drain and Does One's Hemisphere Effect the Direction of a Bullet's Spin? the subject of the way water rotates as it drains from a container, being hemispheric dependent, has come to the forefront of the discussion. The myth is that as water drains from a container the direction of rotation in the northern hemisphere is opposite to that in the southern hemisphere.
The effect that most people attribute to producing the driving force behind this rotation is called the coriolis effect and is related to the rotation of the Earth. Conventional scientific wisdom, however, states that force generated by the coriolis effect is way too small to initiate any rotation and therefore, any observed rotation is due to some sort of asymmetry in the drain, container or way the water enters.
In the thread Aeroplanes and Water Down the Drain I proposed that we engineer and construct some sort of simple device that could test the effect. This would then be shipped to several CR4 members to test for the effect at numerous locations across the globe. The results would then be collated on CR4 and settle the argument once and for all.
So far James P. Hollen, dkwarner, PlbMak, Yanthram and of course myself have indicated they are interested;
So are you interested in being involved in a global CR4 experiment? How would you go about building a device to test the effect? What do you think could be involved, is it coriolis or is there some other effect coming into play?
I believe this is a first for CR4 and it looks like it could be a lot of fun and set a precedent. So, if you are interested let us know and give us your thoughts.
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Re: Water Down the Drain & the Coriolis Effect
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