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Walker, Jearl – Scientific American, 1985
Discusses forces that shape the behavior of water as a drop meanders down a windowpane. A homemade apparatus for studying meanders is described along with several experiments. Contact angles, molecule attraction, surface area, air tension, and gravity drag forces are some of the topics addressed. (DH)
Descriptors: College Science, Fluid Mechanics, Higher Education, Motion
Walker, Jearl – Scientific American, 1984
The tendency of a poured liquid to cling to the outside of a container is known as the "teapot effect." The nature of the teapot effect and experiments investigating this phenomenon are described. (JN)
Descriptors: College Science, High Schools, Higher Education, Physics
Walker, Jearl – Scientific American, 1985
Describes experiments using fluidyne engines. These engines (which have liquid pistons), started by external heat sources, are used primarily for pumping water. Examples of various engines built from U-shaped tubes or from coiled tubes in fruit jars are provided. (DH)
Descriptors: College Science, Engines, Fluid Mechanics, Higher Education
