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    Mar 26, 2006, 09:58 PM
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    Please explain how a siphon works?
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    Mar 26, 2006, 10:25 PM
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siphon
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    Mar 27, 2006, 05:55 AM
    Hi, Earnest,
    A siphon works by gravity feed.
    Gravity pulls down, toward the Earth's core. If say a hose is full of water, then lowering one end toward the ground, lower than the other end, makes the water flow through the hose, downward, to the ground. It is pulled by gravity.
    If the end toward the ground is Higher than the other end, then the other end pulls the water back, due to gravity, cause it's closer to the Earth's core.
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    May 20, 2007, 08:19 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by Ernest
    Please explain how a siphon works?
    Illustrate how a siphon works
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    May 20, 2007, 08:20 AM
    Picture how a siphon works
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    May 20, 2007, 08:20 AM
    Diagram a siphon
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