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Home » Lecture Demonstration Manual » 3. Matter and Thermodynamics » A. Fluids

Table of Contents

  • 1. Mechanics
  • 2. Harmonic Motion, Waves and Sound
  • 3. Matter and Thermodynamics
    • A. Fluids
      • 10. Archimedes Principle
      • 20. Atmospheric Pressure
      • 30. Bernoulli Demos
      • 40. Cartesian Diver
      • 50. Connecting Capillaries
      • 60. Effects in a Vacuum
      • 70. Immiscible Fluids
      • 80. Isotropy of Pressure
      • 90. Non-Newtonian Fluids
      • 100. Odd Shaped Vessels
      • 110. Pascal's Vases
      • 120. Throw 'Em a Curve
      • 130. Velocity of Efflux
      • 140. Viscosity Bottles
    • B. Heat and Temperature
    • C. Matter
    • D. Thermodynamics
  • 4. Electricity and Magnetism
  • 5. Light and Optics
  • 6. Modern Physics
  • 7. Astronomy
  • 8. Software and Multimedia
  • 9. Index and code conversion from older manual
  • External Resources

120. Throw 'Em a Curve

With a right-angle plywood trough covered with sandpaper, you can put a tremendous curve on a ping-pong ball, even curving upwards from a horizontal throw.

Suggested by Prof. D. Pursey from Iowa State, who is shown above in action.

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