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  • Mar 26, 2006, 09:58 PM
    Ernest
    Physics
    Please explain how a siphon works?
  • Mar 26, 2006, 10:25 PM
    kp2171
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siphon
  • Mar 27, 2006, 05:55 AM
    fredg
    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.
  • May 20, 2007, 08:19 AM
    Karen Gallagher
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Ernest
    Please explain how a siphon works?

    Illustrate how a siphon works
  • May 20, 2007, 08:20 AM
    Karen Gallagher
    Picture how a siphon works
  • May 20, 2007, 08:20 AM
    Karen Gallagher
    Diagram a siphon

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