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BBC NEWS | UK | How does Dyson make water go uphill?
by Decius at 7:53 am EDT, May 22, 2003 |
] A set of four glass ramps positioned in a square clearly
] show water travelling up each of them before it pours off
] the top, only to start again at the bottom of the next
] ramp.
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] It is a sight which defies logic, and has become probably
] the most memorable image of this year's show.
]
] Mr Dyson says his inspiration was a drawing by the Dutch
] artist MC Escher (he of Gothic palaces where soldiers are
] eternally walking upstairs, and of patterns where birds
] turn into fish). |
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RE: BBC NEWS | UK | How does Dyson make water go uphill?
by Elonka at 12:34 pm EDT, May 22, 2003 |
Decius wrote:
] ] A set of four glass ramps positioned in a square clearly
] ] show water travelling up each of them before it pours off
] ] the top, only to start again at the bottom of the next
] ] ramp.
] ]
] ] It is a sight which defies logic, and has become probably
] ] the most memorable image of this year's show.
] ]
] ] Mr Dyson says his inspiration was a drawing by the Dutch
] ] artist MC Escher (he of Gothic palaces where soldiers are
] ] eternally walking upstairs, and of patterns where birds
] ] turn into fish). Neat! I wonder if there's a movie of it on the web somewhere. I'd like to see it in motion. |
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RE: BBC NEWS | UK | How does Dyson make water go uphill?
by jessica at 12:40 pm EDT, May 22, 2003 |
Decius wrote:
] ] A set of four glass ramps positioned in a square clearly
] ] show water travelling up each of them before it pours off
] ] the top, only to start again at the bottom of the next
] ] ramp.
] ]
] ] It is a sight which defies logic, and has become probably
] ] the most memorable image of this year's show.
] ]
] ] Mr Dyson says his inspiration was a drawing by the Dutch
] ] artist MC Escher (he of Gothic palaces where soldiers are
] ] eternally walking upstairs, and of patterns where birds
] ] turn into fish). Neat! I wonder if there's a movie of it on the web somewhere. I'd like to see it in motion. |
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BBC NEWS | UK | How does Dyson make water go uphill?
by leed25d at 7:06 pm EDT, May 21, 2003 |
This is an intriguing illusion: a fountain in which water appears to
flow uphill. |
BBC NEWS | UK | How does Dyson make water go uphill?
by Dr. Nanochick at 1:29 am EDT, May 24, 2003 |
] A set of four glass ramps positioned in a square clearly
] show water travelling up each of them before it pours off
] the top, only to start again at the bottom of the next
] ramp.
]
] It is a sight which defies logic, and has become probably
] the most memorable image of this year's show.
]
] Mr Dyson says his inspiration was a drawing by the Dutch
] artist MC Escher (he of Gothic palaces where soldiers are
] eternally walking upstairs, and of patterns where birds
] turn into fish). Ummmm....I want one of these |
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