Howdy,
Grn.
Sorry.
What makes it worse is that my wife is a physics professor...
:-/
Thanks!
Mark
On Mon, 22 Aug 2005, Mullen, Tim (IIS) wrote:
> Mark Andy
>>
>> You've got a water level, with all its tubing, on a
>> table. The two ends are held up against a wall and
>> you mark where the water is.
>>
>> Next you take all the tubing on the table and drop
>> it on the floor. The water level just got lower
>> (on both ends), right?
>
> Nope. The volume of water in the tubes is exactly the same, so the
> water level doesn't change on the ends. If you raise and lower the
> entire "system", including the ends, then things change. But water
> always "seeks its own level", so if you fix one end, the water level at
> the other end will always be level with that end.
>
> Mark both ends of the tube when they are next to each other. Attach one
> end to a fixed post, and move the other end around. if the other end is
> physically lower, the water will be higher in that tube and lower in the
> fixed end, but they will be even. Raise the moveable end until the
> water is at the mark, and it will be at the same level as the other end,
> and the two marks will be level.
>
> No matter what the water is doing in between, the water level in the
> ends of the tube will be level to each other. Raise and lower the
> movable end until the marks line up and you will have level marks.
>
>
> Here's one write up: < http://www.buildeazy.com/fp_waterlevel.html>
>
> Tim Mullen
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