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Does water stop ??
V8MoneyPit:
In Oz, it's the way the dodgy spiders spin in the pipes that determines the rotation :D
Welshbreed:
having just filled up my kitchen sink with cold water, then pulling the plug, the water immediately started to circle clockwise... so I started spinning my hand untill it was revolving anti-clockwise. after a few seconds it switched back to swirling clockwise.
my kitchen sink is flat and the plug is in the center. The only effect the pipes would have on the direction, is if water were running from said tap(*s), it would force the water away from the tap, be it anti clockwise or clock wise. *If however two taps were running, water would swirl clockwise if the tap on the right were running faster than the one on the left and vice versa.
SO, however small the magnetic fields that cause the effect the water will always TRY to run clockwise in the northen Hemisphere, and anti-clockwise in the southern.
DEANO3528:
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This doesn't stop the myth from being propagated in numerous science text books by authors who have never bothered to check it! And the BBC don't help much either.
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Ah yes, along with the global warming one being so beautifully manipulated by Government and Brown's Broadcasting Company.
Welshbreed:
--- Quote from: "DEANO3528" ---Ah yes, along with the global warming one being so beautifully manipulated by Government and Brown's Broadcasting Company.
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not a myth, carbon does speed up the process, however it is already set in motion, and even if everysingle person stupped using any vehicle all around the world... the process would continue, untill we are all in another ice age... so basically it's pointless worrying about it... unless you want votes, or have been miss informed.
minty:
this was tryed on a bbc 1 program a couple of weeks ago, at the equator and the water flows one way or the other never straight down!!! depending on wot side of the road you stood :?
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