RE: First bulgarian mirror not working

Read the addendum of the page you posted. It says: In my first version of the above article, I got it backwards. I said that the water would tend to go clockwise, in the Northern Hemisphere. So this is the time I really need proof and perhaps a video clip of a toilet flushing in the southern hemisphere. Anyone willing to do this please me know... Also I guess tornadoes are going to be a better example but probably harder to film :-P Spyros > -----Original Message----- > From: Derick Rethans [mailto:d.rethans@jdimedia.nl] > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 6:40 PM > To: Ioakim Spyros > Cc: jacques@php.net; 'Andrey Hristov'; webmaster@php.net > Subject: RE: First bulgarian mirror not working > > > On Thu, 29 May 2003, Spyros Ioakim wrote: > > > Can I ask you something irrelevant Jacques? > > If you flush the toilet which way does the water spin? Clockwise or > > counter-clockwise? > > You would think that it's the other way around then on the Northern > Hemisphere. (Due to the Coriolis Force), but (from > http://www.jimloy.com/science/shower.htm): > > The Coriolis "force" does tend to make this happen. > But, there are other > forces going on, including the bends in the pipes > leading to the faucet, > and how you stirred the water, while sitting in and > getting out of the > tub. I suspect that the Coriolis effect is less > important than other > effects. I haven't performed this experiment. > > > :) > > Derick > > -- > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl/ JDI Media Solutions http://www.jdimedia.nl/ International PHP Magazine http://www.php-mag.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -